Suryakumar, who has been facing criticism for his form this season, was seen chatting with LSG captain Rishabh Pant at the time of the toss. He said that he is filling Hardik’s place.At the time of the toss, Suryakumar said, “He is not well tonight, so I am going in his place.”Mumbai Indians have made a slow start to the season and are currently placed ninth on the points table with four points, while Lucknow Super Giants are at the bottom.Hardik has also had to struggle with both bat and ball this season. He has scored 146 runs in eight innings at an average of 20.85 and strike rate of 136.44.With captain Hardik Pandya sitting out, Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants.With Pandya out, Mumbai Indians have included Corbin Bosch in place of Trent Boult, while Rohit Sharma has returned to the team after injury and made the impact bench.Lucknow Super Giants also made some changes in their playing eleven, giving debut to Josh Inglis, while Mukul Chaudhary gave a chance to Akshat Raghuvanshi.teamsMumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma.Impact Player Alternatives for MI – Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur and Trent Boult.Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav.Impact Player Alternatives for LSG – Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed and Abdul Samad.