Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and chose to bowl first against Gujarat Titans in the 26th match of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. LSG made one change to their lineup as Himmat Singh replaced Mitchell Marsh, who was unavailable due to a family emergency. For Gujarat Titans, Washington Sundar came in for Kulwant Khejroliya.

Speaking at the toss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant said, "We are going to bowl first. The wicket looks good. Happy to win the last two matches. As a team, we talk about the process and the team is responding well now. Bowlers have done a really good job, we have to give credit to them."

GT captain Shubman Gill said he would have opted to bowl as well. "I don't think the wicket is going to change much. Everyone is contributing, that's been one of the hallmarks for us. Washi comes in for Kulwant," he said.

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Anuj Rawat, Jayant Yadav

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Shamar Joseph

Teams:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Himmat Singh, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi