||| IPL 2017: KXIP v GL @ Mohali |||

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7th May 2017

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

last season Shivil Kaushik spell done a great Job against one match with KXIP ,waiting for today match ,hope my network let me to enjoy today IPL ,Yesterday its suck

GL won the toss and decided to field first

7.30pm Gujarat Lions win the toss and choose to bowl

Raina, who won't be part of the playoffs for the first time ever: "We want to bowl first. The wicket looks good and we stick to our batting strength. We have not done well as a team, but we have some youngsters in the side. I don't know. 150-160. Dhawal Kulkarni replaces Baz."

Maxwell: "I probably would have bowled first. But, I don't mind batting first. We are looking to put another run on the board. We have one change - Gurkeerat replaces Vohra."

Kings XI Punjab: 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 Gurkeerat Singh, 5 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 6 Glenn Maxwell (capt), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Mohit Sharma, 9 Varun Aaron, 10 Sandeep Sharma, 11 T Natarajan.

Gujarat Lions: 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Ishan Kishan, 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 5 Aaron Finch, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 James Faulkner, 8 Pradeep Sangwan, 9 Basil Thampi, 10 Ankit Soni, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni

Brandon : "What's the point of buying a player if you're not gonna have him play a game, never know he can be the surprise package for GL "

This means Lions are playing just three overseas players. Suri misses the cut

Hope Guptill & Amla see off the powerplay overs

At this stage, GL should have freely experimented w/ more uncapped players, instead of struggling w/ the likes of Smith & Faulkner. Just have Finch opening w/ Kishan, and fill up the middle order w/ guys who've never played - like Suri or Shah.

Sangwan opening to Guptill & Amla

Test match underway