Just before the toss, Hardik adjusts Krunal's floppy hat and collar. The two brothers then hug each other.
Hardik tosses the coin. Krunal calls Heads. Murali Kartik, who is conducting the toss, thinks it's Tails before Hardik corrects him.
So Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and they will be bowling first. "The wicket will remain the same," Krunal says on why he opted to bowl. "We have Quinton de Kock in our side; Naveen misses out. The rest we will see."
Hardik then tells him in Gujarati that the photo is done and he can go.
Hardik wanted to bat first, anyway. "A very emotional day," he says. "Our father would have been very proud. He did dream of this back in the day. I am short of words but I think the family is very proud. Today is the first time when they are not sure which team to support but one Pandya will definitely win. A forced change: Josh misses out because he had to go and play for Ireland. Alzarri comes in."
Here are the XIs:
Gujarat Titans: 1 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Hardik Pandya (capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Rashid Khan, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Abhinav Manohar, 9 Mohit Sharma, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Noor Ahmad
Substitutes: Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Jayant Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Krunal Pandya (capt), 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Nicholas Pooran, 7 Swapnil Singh, 8 Yash Thakur, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Mohsin Khan, 11 Avesh Khan
Substitutes: Ayush Badoni, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh