Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in their Pepsi Indian Premier League match, here today.
Knight Riders have made two changes to their line-up, bringing in spinners Sachithra Senanayake and Iqbal Abdulla in place of Brett Lee and Laxmipathy Balaji.
Rajasthan Royals also made three changes to their playing XI, bringing in Brad Hogg in place of Brad Hodge, while Dishant Yagnik and Ankeet Chavan replaced Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sumit Narwal, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine and Iqbal Abdulla.
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Stuart Binny, Owais Shah, James Faulkner, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Siddharth Trivedi and Ankit Chavan.
