Mitchell Marsh skipped the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) and the Gujarat Titans (GT) on the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday, April 12. The Aussie all-rounder, who’s taking part in solely as a batter this season, is unavailable attributable to private causes. Debutant Himmat Singh has changed him within the taking part in XI.
The event comes as an enormous setback for the Tremendous Giants. The 33-year-old has been distinctive for Lucknow this season, returning with scores of 72, 52, 60, and 81 towards Delhi Capitals (DC), SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH), Mumbai Indians (MI), and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), respectively. With 265 runs in 5 innings, he’s the third-highest run-getter in IPL 2025, solely behind teammate Nicholas Pooran (288) and Sai Sudharsan (273).
Himmat Singh, who has changed Marsh, was purchased by LSG for INR 30 lakh on the mega public sale final yr. The 28-year-old has 917 runs in 47 T20 innings at a strike charge of 132.51, comprising 5 fifties.
On the toss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant mentioned:
“As a substitute of Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh is available in. His daughter isn’t nicely.”
Like LSG, GT made a solitary change as Washington Sundar changed Kulwant Khejroliya within the lineup.
LSG elect to bowl towards GT within the IPL 2025 match
LSG skipper Rishabh Pant gained the toss and selected to bowl first towards GT of their IPL 2025 match. Justifying his choice, the wicketkeeper-batter mentioned (through Cricbuzz):
“We’re going to bowl first. The wicket appears to be like good.”
Lucknow are approaching the again of two consecutive wins over MI and KKR, successful the 2 video games by 12 and 4 runs, respectively. General, they’ve three wins in 5 video games and are positioned sixth within the factors desk.
In the meantime, Shubman Gill and firm have registered 4 consecutive wins over MI, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), SRH, and Rajasthan Royals (RR). Their solely loss got here of their opening sport towards the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Thus, GT can be eager to consolidate their prime spot within the IPL 2025 factors desk.
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