Hardik out with back spasms, but Rohit returns for MI against LSG

Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl v Lucknow Super Giants

Hardik Pandya missed out due to back spasms but Rohit Sharma returned for Mumbai Indians after missing their last five games with a hamstring injury. Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and MI chose to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in a battle of No. 9 v No. 10 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Allrounder Raj Angad Bawa came in for his first game this season as MI made a series of changes in Hardik's absence. Robin Minz and Trent Boult went out, with Corbin Bosch coming in along with Rohit, who is set to be the Impact Player when they chase.

LSG too made a number of changes, with Australia batter Josh Inglis - who they signed for INR 8.6 crore - coming in straight off a flight and making his debut for the franchise. Mukul Choudhary, the uncapped finisher, also made way for the exciting Madhya Pradesh batter Akshat Raghuwanshi. Pant said LSG would decide on their Impact Player later.

LSG are coming off a week-long break full of "reflections," according to Pant. "It's been a tough season for us and there is no running away from that, but one person for us has the most difficult time was our owner Mr. Goenka. Everyone knows how passionate he is about cricket and about his team. But at the same time, we let down our fans down. The only promise is from this break is, we're going to give our 200%, try to bring that happiness back and hopefully we can do it for our owner and the fans for sure."

LSG: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 4 Josh Inglis, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Akshat Raghuwanshi, 7 Himmat Singh, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Mohsin Khan, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Prince Yadav

Impact Player bench: M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad

MI: 1 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 2 Naman Dhir, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Will Jacks, 6 Raj Bawa, 7 Corbin Bosch, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 AM Ghazanfar, 11 Raghu Sharma

Impact Player bench: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult

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