Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli decided to pitch first after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Nitish Rani, will go out to bat first. At the time of the draw, Virat Kohvrili said that we would play bowling because our team chases well on this field. He also said that Faf du Plessis will be an impact player. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain said our team is playing brilliantly, I am enjoying this performance. Apart from this, I expect Faf du Plessis to return as captain in the next game.
At the same time, the Kolkata Knight Riders team entered the field with a change. Actually, Nitish Rana’s team has included Vaibhav Arora in the starting XI instead of Kulwant Khejroliya.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana said the second half of the tournament has started. Especially, this match is very important for us. He said that our team played good cricket, but there is a lot of room for improvement. We have to show a better game as a team… If we do this, the results will be in our favour. He also said that Shardul Thakur is not fully fit. At the same time, Vaibhav Arora has been included in the starting eleven in place of Kulwant Khejroliya.
Virat Kohli (captain), Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (goalkeeper), Suyash Prabhudesai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj
N Jagadeesan (week), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wije, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty