Ahmedabad, May 22 (UNI) Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their Indian Premier League league encounter at Narendra Modi Stadium here on Thursday.

Speaking at the toss, Gill said, "We'll bowl first, looks like a good wicket. Will be good to have a target on the board. We want momentum heading into the qualifiers, these two games are going to be equally important."

Commenting on his successful partnership with Sai Sudharsan, Gill noted, "The way we complement each other is great, we don't have conversations on who will take down the bowlers. We just play with a positive intent and stay in the moment." Gujarat have gone in with an unchanged XI.

LSG skipper Rishabh Pant, whose side is already out of the playoff race, said he too would have preferred to bowl first. "Looks a good wicket. There is a challenge when you are already eliminated, but we take pride in playing cricket," he said.

"As a team, we are trying different options that give ourselves the best chance of winning. Anything that could help us prepare for next season," Pant added. Akash Deep was brought into the playing XI among a few other changes for Delhi.

Teams:

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, William ORourke

Impact Subs - Akash Singh, M Siddharth, Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller, Arshin Kulkarni

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Impact Subs - Sai Sudharsan, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Dasun Shanaka.

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