Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer received the toss and elected to bowl in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. Kolkata need to win each match from right here to maintain their playoffs hopes alive whereas Lucknow are very near sealing their spot.

KKR suffered an enormous blow as in-form pacer Umesh Yadav pulled his calf muscle and acquired changed by Harshit Rana within the XI. Yadav has been the strike bowler for KKR this season within the powerplay overs.

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Skipper Shreyas Iyer talked in regards to the crop and chopping and altering within the XI as he mentioned that the accidents and the niggles have pressured them to take action.

“We will look to bowl first. Considering the wicket which seems dry and dew is just not going to play a large function on this floor. We additionally chased fairly properly within the final recreation. We have gotten one change, sadly, Umesh pulled his calf muscle and Harshit Rana is available in. It is de facto vital as a captain to have an amazing mixture proper from the primary recreation however there are such a lot of accidents and niggles you must preserve chopping and altering, however that’s half and parcel of the sport. It has not been nice begin for us however we’re approaching the again of a superb win. Looking ahead to have an amazing one right here. I need to convert the begins I get and taking part in to the scenario greater than occupied with my kind,” Iyer mentioned on the toss.

Meanwhile, Lucknow also made a change as Avesh Khan returned to the side as Krishnappa Gowtham missed out.

LSG skipper KL Rahul said that the players are fresh after a brief break and raring to give their 100 per cent on Saturday.

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“We haven’t played too many games here. From whatever we have seen on the TV, it has been sticky and hasn’t been a high scoring venue. But it gives us a good opportunity as a batting unit to come out and put up a competitive total on the board. We have to assess the conditions and put a challenging total on the board. We have one change – Avesh comes in for Gowtham. That’s what gives us confidence and that’s what we want to be as a team, performing as a team and not rely on one or two players. We have had a couple of days break, the body is fresh and looking forward to going out there and giving our 100 per cent,” Rahul mentioned.

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), KL Rahul(c), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Baba Indrajith(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Harshit Rana

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