IPL 2019, Match 6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab – Toss Report
Mar 27, 2019 at 7:44 PM
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the fifth match of this year’s Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Pitch report:
“I think this looks better than the other night. Bit of pace and bounce for the quicks,” said Michael Clarke.
Here is what the captains said:
R Ashwin:
“We are a team that always wanted to be competitive. We are looking forward for another great contest today. We’ll bowl first. It might do a little bit first up. David Miller is getting back into the side. Viljoen comes in for Sam Curran. Varun Chakravarthy makes his debut.”
Dinesh Karthik:
“It’s always a happy occasion playing here in Kolkata. We’d have bowled first. We are sticking with the same XI.”
Playing elevens of both the teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna
Kings XI Punjab:
Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye