Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.
Both the teams have changed their playing XI. Punjab brought in Kagiso Rabada in place of Sandeep Sharma while KKR brought in Shivam Mavi in place of Sheldon Jackson. Sam Billings will do the wicketkeeping.
“We are going to bowl first. The reason for this is clearly the swimming pool (of dew) which is visible in the evening. Like I said in the last game, it’s about giving your all to defend, no matter what your score on the board. All the players are dedicated and focused to play their part for the last two matches. We can’t complain (about having three games a week), we’re all professionals. One change – Shivam Mavi comes in for Sheldon Jackson,” Shreyas Iyer said after the toss.
Mayank Agarwal said PBKS needs to bat well: “We need to start well, assess the conditions early and bat well. We just want to play with the right attitude and the right energy, if we do that, the results will fix themselves. One change – KG (Rabada) comes in for Sandy (Sandeep). I thought he (Sandeep) bowled well in the last game but we had to get KG back.”
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Teams:
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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