Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer received the toss and elected to bowl in opposition to Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League conflict on Monday at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Kolkata, who’ve misplaced their final two matches, are determined to return to profitable methods in opposition to a powerful Rajasthan facet who additionally misplaced their final conflict in opposition to Gujarat Titans.
The two-time IPL champions made a change of their XI from the final conflict as Shivam Mavi returned to the facet instead of Aman Khan who made his debut in opposition to SRH. While they offer one other likelihood to Australia limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch on the prime by leaving out Ajinkya Rahane.
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Iyer cited one facet shot-boundary among the many causes behind opting to bowl first in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.
“We’ll bowl first. The wicket seems wonderful and onerous. One facet appears quick and one is lengthy, in order that’s one more reason why we wish to chase. It’s one thing we thrive on. We simply practise loads within the nets, we’ve seen the movies and have had chats within the conferences. Important to execute what we’ve mentioned within the conferences. We’ve bought one change – Shivam Mavi is available in for Aman Khan. They (abroad stars) have been wonderful for KKR in recent times, it’s gonna be necessary for us that they carry out but additionally the home gamers must step up,” Iyer mentioned on the toss.
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Meanwhile, Rajasthan made three changes to their XI after losing their last match. Trent Boult, who missed their last match due to a niggle, returned to the XI in place of James Neesham. Obed McCoy also made his RR debut as he replaced Kuldeep Sen, while Karun Nair got a chance in place of Rassie van der Dussen.
“We would have also liked to bowl first, but need to be ready to do both. Our team is well set to do both. New venue for us, and we need to understand conditions quickly. Everyone has to contribute to whatever is the team’s requirement, the talk is always about understanding the situation and being smarter. Everyone is looking to contribute, but failures are accepted. We’re looking forward with a positive mindset. Three changes – Karun Nair, Obed McCoy and Trent Boult come in; Rassie, Kuldeep and Neesham are out,” Samson mentioned on the toss.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Venkatesh Iyer, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson(w), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
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