Lucknow Super Giants’ Naveen-ul Haq received criticism after being replaced by Quinton De Kock for their match against Gujarat Titans on Sunday at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The 23-year-old pacer was recently involved in a verbal spat with RCB’s Virat Kohli at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow. In the absence of regular skipper KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya led the team against Gujarat.

LSG won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in an IPL 2023 match. Quinton de Kock replaced Naveen-Ul-Haq in LSG playing XI while Alzarri Joseph replaced Joshua Little in the GT line-up. “De Kock is in, Naveen misses out,” LSG skipper Krunal Pandya said at the toss. On playing against his brother, GT skipper Hardik Pandya said: “One Pandya will definitely win today.”