The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Gujarat Titans take on Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Monday, March 28. The first ball will be bowled at 7.30pm local time (3pm GMT).
The game will be held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The ultimate moot question.
These two teams have never played a match. Let's just see where this one takes us.
Gujarat Titans vice-captain Rashid Khan
Hardik and Krunal Pandya find themselves on opposing sides for the first time in their careers, and how they influence this match - with bat, ball and general influence - will go a long way to determining this game.
Elsewhere, look at how either side recover in the event of losing early wickets. There is not as much depth in the middle order as perhaps you might expect, among both rosters.
Lucknow are missing several overseas stars, including marquee signing Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers. Their batting is heavily dependent on the opening pair (and, to be fair, it is quite a useful opening pair) of Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul.
Matches played: 0
Sunny and warm, with temperatures around 32 degrees Celsius at the scheduled start of play. A good breeze might help keep the players cool.
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Viijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Prandeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Andrew Tye, Avesh Khan, Ankit Rajpoot, K Gowtham, Dushmanta Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav, B Sai Sudharsan
KL Rahul leads Lucknow Super Giants
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vohra, Krunal Pandya, Ankit Rajpoot, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmatnha Chameera, Avesh Khan
Gujarat Titans are favourites across the board, with several outlets offering the most generous odds at the time of publication (4/5). Lucknow Super Giatnts are available at as long as 6/5 on the Betfair Exchange.
This is hard to predict. Two new sides going up against each other, both of whom will take time to blend. We're going for Lucknow.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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