Why did Riyan Parag want to lose the toss (Photo-PTI)
Riyan Parag: Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parag wanted to lose the toss at any cost against Lucknow Supergiants. Riyan Parag himself said this after the toss. The interesting thing is that Riyan Parag also lost the toss and this player then told why he wanted to lose the toss. Riyan Parag said, ‘I had told my boys that I would try to lose the toss because I also did not know whether I should bat or bowl first after winning the toss. I was happy whether it was bowling or no bowling. Let us tell you that Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and invited Rajasthan to bat first and Ryan Parag also seemed happy with it.
What did Riyan Parag say?
Riyan Parag said that he is happy with batting first because the Lucknow pitch gets slower later on. Ryan said that he hopes that the batsmen perform well and score more runs. Ryan Parag praised Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal and said that both these players are batting amazingly. Parag said that he will try to play well for the entire 40 overs against Lucknow.
🚨Toss update from Lucknow🚨@LucknowIPL won the toss and elected to bowl first against @rajasthanroyals
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Two changes in Lucknow team
On the other hand, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and chose to field first. He also made two major changes in the team. Mayank Yadav was given a chance in place of Avesh Khan, who is the Indian who bowled the fastest ball in the IPL. On the other hand, Digvesh Rathi was given a chance in place of Siddharth.
Playing XI of Rajasthan- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Joffra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma and Andre Berger.
Lucknow’s playing eleven- Mitchell Marsh, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Mayank Yadav.
