IPL: Priyansh Arya not in XI as Punjab Kings bowl first against Gujarat Titans
NEW DELHI: unjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener at New Chandigarh in Punjab on Tuesday. For the Punjab Kings, Priyansh Arya did not make it to the starting XI. However, the star batted was named in the impact subs list and is expected to come to bat in the second innings.
Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, and Suryansh Shedge were also named in the impact substitutes players list of Punjab. For the Gujarat Titans, India pacer Prasidh Krishna was not named in the starting XI, but was in the team's impact players list. Gujarat Titans Impact subs: Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra.
Speaking during the toss, PBKS skipper Iyer said, "We are going to bowl first. We had a phenomenal last season. We have to stay in the present.
We did not have to think about the past. We need to play our best brand of cricket. Cooper Connolly, is in.
(Marcus) Stoinis, (Xavier) Bartlett and Marco Jansen (other overseas players). Also, GT skipper Gill said that two players, New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips and Rajasthan pacer Ashok Sharma will be making their debuts for the franchise and revealed the team's overseas line-up as well. "The wicket looks pretty good.