Aiden Markram had no hesitation in opting to bat first after the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain won the toss in his side's home game against Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
The Lucknow team will continue to be led by Krunal Pandya in the absence of KL Rahul, who has been ruled out of the tournament with an injury.
For SRH, Sanvir Singh will make his debut as an 'Impact Player' while for LSG Prerak Mankad and Yudhvir Singh will replace Deepak Hooda and Mohsin Khan respectively.
PLAYING XIs
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (w), Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya (c), Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Avesh Khan
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (w), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi
(With agency inputs)
