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Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) Punjab Kings match against the Lucknow Super Giants due to an injury on Saturday. The PBKS skipper failed during the last match against the Gujarat Titans and was replaced by Sam Curran as captain. PBKS is in sixth position in the points table with four points and two wins and two losses in four matches. LSG is in second position with six points, three wins and four losses. Atharva Taide makes his IPL debut with PBKS. Curran won the toss and chose to take the field at Ekan Stadium.
PBKS skipper Curran said during the draw: “We will play first. Something we haven’t done all season, so we just needed to be replaced. In addition, this is our first draw that we have won this season. Shikhar got injured in the last game, I don’t know how bad it is, but I hope he won’t be out for long. His absence is huge, we have two Indian batters and Raza is back in XI. Conditions look good.”
LSG skipper K.L. Rahul said during the draw, “First game in this streak, everything would have worked out. It’s interesting to test yourself in different conditions. This is our first season here, so we will evaluate and modify every game. make a few changes, stop at 12-13 and accept the challenge depending on the game. In every game we showed up and every time we were challenged, but the players found the answers. Everyone enjoys the game and there is a good atmosphere around, very happy with the support that we got here.”
Punjab Kings (playing XI):Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (w), Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Lucknow Super Giants (Game XI):K.L. Rahul (c), Kyle Myers, Deepak Huda, Markus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Puran (w), Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoy
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