Shout! Ishan Kishan chooses weapons worth Rs 13 crore to fight LSG

New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants captain Ritha Pant won the toss and were selected to face Ishan Kishan-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in Sunday’s IPL match.LSG made one change to their starting XI, replacing them with Manimaran Siddharth after losing their first match of the season to Delhi Capitals Anrich Notje.“We want to bowl first. Wickets are good but at the same time, you know, their main strength is batting. So, let them bat first. We can put pressure on them in the second innings. We come here every year and it’s not a new challenge. But at the same time, this is a team that can hurt you very well. But at the same time, whoever bowls better, cricket will win,” Pant said.

“It does look like a good wicket (in terms of conditions). But at the same time, there is something in the wicket. After the powerplay, I thought it might stick to the wicket as well. The balls will get older and scoring will become more difficult. There’s just one change, Sid (Manimalan Siddharth) takes the place of Nortji. (Will it open today?) We’ll see,” he added.Sunrisers Hyderabad also made changes to their squad after losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first match before taking on Kolkata Knight Riders.Kishan brings in England all-rounder Liam Livingstonhe was signed along with Harshal Patel for Rs 13 crore in the IPL 2026 auction.“It’s a great pleasure (to play in Hyderabad). It’s always good to have home support and the crowd likes the SRH team. So, yes, it’s great to be here. There are only two changes. Livingstone comes in, Harshal Patel comes in. Harshal Patel, he’s been good whenever he bowls here. And Levy, give him a chance to use his right-spin against the left-handers,” Kishan said.“Especially in T20s, execution is the most important thing. You need to keep a good attitude, stay calm, and try to save as many runs as possible. So just plan and execute your shots well. I want us to see where this goes from here. It is very important for us to get these two points. But at the same time, we also need to stay calm and take it one game at a time. That’s the whole plan. Keep a good mentality and like I said before, play the best game possible,” he added.team:Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat.Lucknow Supergiants: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Prince Yadav.Here are the substitutes for both teams:Sunrisers Hyderabad Substitutes: Eshan Malinga, Salil Arora, David Payne, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan AnsariLucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Britzker, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anrich Noj, Himmat Singh