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Ponting drops himself from playing XI as KKR bat 1st vs MI

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Apr 24 2013 | 8:25 PM IST
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir elected to bat after winning the toss against Mumbai Indians as the visiting team captain Ricky Ponting decided to drop himself from the playing XI.
While Mitchell Johnson comes in place of Ponting, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was inducted in place of Jaspreet Bumrah. Munaf Patel was also dropped from the side to accomodate Pragyan Ojha. In the KKR side, Iqbal Abdulla came in place of Laxmi Ratan Shukla.
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KKR: Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Rajat Bhatia, Sachitra Senanayake, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji
Mumbai Indians: Dwayne Smith, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pragyan Ojha, Lasith Malinga.

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First Published: Apr 24 2013 | 8:25 PM IST

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