Chennai, May 10 -- Five time winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipperRuturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first in a key IPL match against botton placed Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a day match at the M A Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.

CSK retained the same team that defeated DC by eight wickets though Shivam Dube is in the bowling-first eleven instead of Gurjapneet, while LSG made two changes bringing in Josh Inglis and Avesh, though is part of the bench, with Mayank also listed as a possible substitute.

Ruturaj Gaikwad said the pitch has been under covers and with rain around, this was not a tough decision.

He said their job was to adapt as quickly as possible and they want to assess the conditions early, now that th...