{"id":5850,"date":"2026-04-20T03:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-no-digvesh-rathi-for-lsg-as-rishabh-pant-opts-to-bowl-first-vs-pbks-check-full-playing-xi-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:08:57","slug":"ipl-2026-no-digvesh-rathi-for-lsg-as-rishabh-pant-opts-to-bowl-first-vs-pbks-check-full-playing-xi-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-no-digvesh-rathi-for-lsg-as-rishabh-pant-opts-to-bowl-first-vs-pbks-check-full-playing-xi-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: No Digvesh Rathi for LSG as Rishabh Pant opts to bowl first vs PBKS &#8211; check full playing XI | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130371710,imgsize-38110,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mnb-42.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: No Digvesh Rathi for LSG as Rishabh Pant opts to bowl first vs PBKS - check full playing XI\" title=\"Digvesh Rathi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> won the toss and opted to bowl first vs Punjab Kings at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in New Chandigarhon on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>In a big change for LSG, Manimaran Siddharth came in and Digvesh Rathi missed out from the playing XI. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>While Punjab Kings made no changes to their side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->RCB admit batting failure after close defeat | IPL 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;We are going to bowl first. Coming here, we want them to set a total for us. They&#8217;ve been one of the best team in the tournament, but at the same time, it gives us that freedom that we can play more freely with them. Generally, I feel, playing for 220 runs is better than playing for 200 sometimes. <!-- -->(Manimaran) Siddharth comes in and (Digvesh) Rathi misses out. (And that elbow is fine?) Much better,&#8221; Pant said at the toss.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>While PBKS skipper Iyer said, &#8221; I feel that it&#8217;s a great challenge for us and going forward in the tournament, at least we&#8217;ll have a fair idea about how to go in the first innings, since we haven&#8217;t batted first so far. So it&#8217;s a great challenge for the boys as well and as a collective team effort, it would be great challenge. (Any areas to improve?) Yes, absolutely, a comprehensive win. We&#8217;ve played so many matches in the tournament, but still there is a moment that we haven&#8217;t fulfilled yet.<!-- --> So it&#8217;s important that this game would be the one where we go in all together, see to it that we put our best foot forward and have that comprehensive win as I mentioned. We&#8217;re going with the same team.&#8221; <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Teams:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Lucknow Super Giants<\/span> (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w\/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Punjab Kings<\/span> (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> Impact substitutes for both the teams:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Lucknow Super Giants Impact subs:<\/span> Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Punjab Kings Impact subs:<\/span> Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-no-digvesh-rathi-for-lsg-as-rishabh-pant-opts-to-bowl-first-vs-pbks-check-full-playing-xi\/articleshow\/130371700.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first vs Punjab Kings at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in New Chandigarhon on Sunday.In a big change for LSG, Manimaran Siddharth came in and Digvesh Rathi missed out from the playing XI. 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