Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to bat first against the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2025. “The wicket looks good and we want to put runs on the board. We are taking one game at a time. All the players are raring to go. We are confident. Venkatesh Iyer has been ruled out with Manish Pandey replacing him in the playing XI,” Ajinkya Rahane said.
Dhoni has played a lot of cricket at the Eden Gardens. “This is like my home ground. We are preparing team for the next season. I was not sure about the track so it is better to bowl first. We are looking for answers in the batting and bowling departments. Conway and Urvil Patel have replaced Sam Curran and Shiek Rasheed,” MS Dhoni said.
KKR XI: R. Gurbaz (wk), S. Narine, A. Rahane (c), M. Pandey, M. Ali, R. Singh, A. Raghuvanshi, A. Russell, V. Arora, R. Singh, V. Chakravarthy
CSK XI: D. Conway, A. Mhatre, U. Patel, R. Jadeja, D. Brevis, R. Ashwin, M.S. Dhoni (c&wk), N. Ahmad, K. Ahmed, M. Pathirana, A. Kambo