NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Nitish Rana won the toss and decided to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
The Knight Riders retained the team that defeated Gujarat Titans in their previous match. Fresh from their maiden win of the season, Sunrisers included Abhishek Sharma in place of Washington Sundar in their starting XI.
"We'll bowl first. We've been practicing here and there has been dew. Keeping in mind, we want to chase. Same XI for today," KKR captain Rana said after winning the toss.
"Happy either way. Would have looked to bowl, that is the trend. This is a high scoring wicket, so happy to get runs on the board. Nice to get a win, and today is a fresh start. Hopefully we can do well. One change, Abhishek Sharma comes in for Washi Sundar. I don't think we'll set a target, you need to look at the pitch and then reassess. Whatever we get we'll try our best to defend," SRH captain Aiden Markram said at the toss.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson and Varun Chakaravarthy.
KKR Subs: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (capt), Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik and T Natarajan.
SRH Subs: Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, Washington Sundar.
