The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals some some scintillating batting from Sunil Narine. The West Indies star slammed a 49-ball century. Earlier, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson gained the toss and elected to bowl first towards Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 31 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Rajasthan Royals introduced again Ravichandran Ashwin in enjoying XI whereas Jos Buttler was among the many substitutes. Both of them had missed their final match resulting from accidents. Kolkata Knight Riders went in unchanged within the top-of-the-table conflict between two groups which are positioned No.1 and a couple of within the factors desk.
The match additionally noticed Shah Rukh Khan assembly Indian cricket nice Jhulan Goswami.
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Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson mentioned he opted to bowl first as a result of it might be higher batting within the second innings. “It might be better to bat here, but it’s ok, we’ll bowl first. To be back at Eden is special, it has a special vibe. Jos and Ash bhai are available for this game,” mentioned Samson.
KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer too wished to bowl first if he had gained the toss. “Yeah, we wanted to bowl first because of the way it was seaming the other day. We are going with the same team,” he mentioned on the toss.
There will not be a lot to distinguish between the 2 groups with Kolkata Knight Riders profitable 14 and Rajasthan Royals 13 in 27 matches between them.
Playing XIs:
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rovman Powell, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvi Chahal
Impact Substitutes: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger
Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
Impact Substitutes: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
With IANS inputs
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