Gujarat Titans & Lucknow Super Giants Predicted Playing 11

The fourth match of IPL 2022 is to be played today between two new franchises. These are Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants.

Both the teams will make their IPL debut through this match. Thus, they would like to take the field with their strongest playing 11. While Gujarat Titans has appointed Hardik Pandya as their captain, Lucknow Super Giants has handed over the leadership of the team to KL Rahul.

KL Rahul surely has experience of captaincy as he has previously led Punjab Kings. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya will lead a team for the first time in the T20s. He is a sensational hitter but has been out of the bowling department for some time now.

It will not be easy for these two captains to choose the playing 11 of today’s match. Both teams have are short in their batting and bowling attack because foreign players are still on national duty and they will only join after a few matches.

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With both teams missing out on some players in the opening league match, teams will have to take the field today with their backup options, while players like Mark Wood and Jason Roy have been ruled out of the tournament.

The Lucknow team will not be able to take the services of 3 players in the first few matches. While Jason Holder and Kyle Meyers were part of the recently concluded Test squad against England,

Marcus Stoinis will join the team only after the end of the Pakistan tour. On the other hand, Alzarri Joseph will not be available for Gujarat for the first few matches.

Gujarat Titans Probable Playing 11: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade (wk), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Hardik Pandya (c), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami

Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing 11: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vohra, Krunal Pandya, Ankit Rajput, K Gautam, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chamira, Avesh Khan

On paper, Gujarat Titans playing 11 look strong but captaincy will play a crucial role in this match. In IPL 2022, all first time captains have lost their first match, it will be interesting to watch these two guys leading their team for the first time.