Lucknow Super Giants pacer Akash Deep is set to play his first match of IPL 2025.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Akash Deep will play his first game for the franchise after he was named in the playing XI for the IPL 2025 match against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan
Mumbai Indians: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Raj Bawa, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur, Trent Boult
Akash Deep replaces M Siddharth in the Lucknow Super Giants playing XI. Akash Deep had missed LSG’s last three matches as he was recovering from a back injury. Akash Deep has been out of competitive cricket action since December 2024, when he had sustained a back injury during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Akash had taken two wickets in the first innings of the Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne.
Lucknow Super Giants have been dealt with a big blow as far as their pace bowling attack is concerned. Mayank Yadav has not played a game this season so far as he is recovering from a lumbar stress injury. Avesh Khan, too, had been sustaining with an injury but he has played two matches in IPL 2025 so far and taken a wicket (Against Sunrisers Hyderabad).
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Mohsin Khan is another pacer who was injured and he was eventually ruled out of IPL 2025. All-rounder Shardul Thakur, who went unsold at the IPL 2025 auction, was drafted into the Lucknow Super Giants squad in place of Mohsin. Shardul has since made a notable impact, taking six wickets from three matches.
Akash Deep has previously played for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL. He made his IPL debut in 2022 and took five wickets from as many matches in the season. Akash Deep will be hoping to have a breakthrough season with Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025.
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