Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2024. “It is a good toss to win considering the amount of dew that will come in the second innings. It is humid and we are expecting to see dew. We have lost two matches but the margins haven’t been big. We are confident about our chances,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said. Mustafizur Rahman, Sameer Rivi and Shardul Thakur are playing for CSK.
Shreyas Iyer would have bowled first as well. “We would have bowled first as well had the toss gone in our favor, but we can’t control it. We will have to perform well, as winning three matches is past now, and it is important to give our best on match day. I know we haven’t won many games against CSK, but that’s again history. It is a new team and we will be judged the way we perform in this season,” Shreyas Iyer said.
KKR XI: PD Salt†, VR Iyer, SS Iyer*, SP Narine, A Raghuvanshi, AD Russell, RK Singh, Ramandeep Singh, MA Starc, VG Arora, CV Varun
Impact: Sakib Hussain, Suyash, Manish Pandey, Anukul, Gurbaz.
CSK XI: RD Gaikwad*, R Ravindra, AM Rahane, Sameer Rizvi, DJ Mitchell, RA Jadeja, MS Dhoni†, SN Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, TU Deshpande, M Theekshana.
Impact: Dube, Moeen, Shaik Rasheed, Santner, Sindhu.