IPL 2023: Here’s why LSG speedster Mark Wood not playing today’s game against SRH

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are competing in the 10th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Va♒jpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

The home team is looking☂ for their second win of the tournament, while the Sunrisers are aiming to open their account in the points table🥀.

After winning the toss, SRH captain Aiden Markram opted to bat first. “The wicket looks dry. Ideally we will get to our first win. The guys are looking excited. There are two changes. One of them is me,” he said at the toss.

For SRH, Markram and Anmolpreet Singh made it into the starting XI. They replaced Glenn Phillips and Abhishek 𝓀Sharma respectively.

On the other hand, LSG made three changes to their starting XI. Mark Wood, Avesh Kha🍌n and Krishnappa Gowtham were not picked as Rom🅘ario Shepherd, Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra are making their LSG debuts.

🐎However, Avesh was named among the five substitutes alongside Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, an▨d Prerak Mankad.

Here’s why Mark Wood not playing today’s game

LSG captain KL Rahul said at the toss that Wood𝄹 is down with flu and ther🌺efore he is not with the team.

“We will assess the conditions and try to put on our best show. Wood is down with flu, so he misses out,” st💃ated Rahul when asked about the pitch and his playing XI.

Notably, Wood picked up a fifer during the Super Giants thumping win over the🎀 Delhi Capitals (DC).

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) – Mayank Agar൩wal, Anmolpreet Singh (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid

Subs – Heinrich Klaasen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mayank Markande, Mayank Dagar, Marco Jansen

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI) –  KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, D🌸eepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi

Subs – Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Avesh Khan.