GUJRAT LION WON THE TOSS DECIDES TO BOWL
Gujarat lions have the toss and decided to bowl first against kings XI Punjab in the first match of today in IPL 2016 here in Rajkot.
Gujarat is playing with the same team. Punjab have made four changes. Marcus Stoinis, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, KC Cariappa and Wriddhiman Saha are in. Mitchell Johnson, Manan Vohra, Nikhil Naik and Pardeep Sahu are out.
Table-toppers Gujarat Lions will look to consolidate their position when they take on laggards Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match in Rajkot on Sunday.
Punjab are lying at the bottom of the table with only two points from six matches, while Lions have managed to perch themselves at the top of the IPL standings with 12 points in seven matches.
Gujarat (Playing XI): Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Ishan Kishan, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik
Punjab (Playing XI): Murali Vijay (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Cariappa.
Murli Viyaj and Marcus Stoinis are opening for Punjab. in 3 overs the Lions have made 26 runs for no loss.
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