Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.
Rajasthan made three changes in their playing 11. Pravin Tambe, Rajat Bhatia and Ankit Sharma are replaced by Brainder Sran (playing his first game of the IPL), Dhawal Kulkarni and Stuart Binny.
For Kolkata, all-rounder Azhar Mahmood comes in for spinner Sunil Narine.
The teams:
RR: Steven Smith (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Karun Nair, Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson, James Faulkner, Chris Morris, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Brainder Sran.
KKR: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Azhar Mahmood.
