Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina opted to bowl in their seventh round IPL encounter against Kings XI Punjab here today.
Both teams made a wholesale changes with Gujarat Lions dropping four players.
For Gujarat, Ishan Kishan has been replaced by batsman Akshdeep Nath, leg-spinner Subham Agarwal comes in place of Dhawal Kulkarni, James Faulkner made way for Andrew Tye. Nathu Singh was the fourth replacement in place of Praveen Kumar.
For Punjab, Ishant Sharma has been dropped and in comes Thangarasu Natarajan, KC Cariappa replaces left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh. Fit-again opener Manan Vohra is back in place of Gurkeerat Singh Mann.
Teams
Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (captain), Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshdeep Nath, Subham Agarwal, Andrew Tye, Basil Thampi, Nathu Singh
Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Maxwell (captain) Manan Vohra, Hashim Amla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shaun Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, KC Cariappa, Thangarasu Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.
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