Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan opted to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders after winning the toss in an IPL match in Kolkata on Monday. (More Cricket News) | (Scorecard)
Kolkata Knight Riders retained the side that won against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the previous match.
Punjab Kings made one change, bringing back Bhanuka Rajapakasa in place of Matthew Short.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma and Varun Chakaravarthy.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.
