KKR Skipper Ajinkya Rahane Chooses to Bowl First Against CSK in IPL Clash

Match Overview

In an exciting Indian Premier League encounter on Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bowl first against the Chennai Super Kings.

Returning to lead CSK, Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps in as captain after Ruturaj Gaikwad was sidelined for the remainder of the season due to an elbow injury.

KKR made a strategic adjustment by including Moeen Ali in their lineup, replacing Spencer Johnson.

On the other hand, CSK implemented two changes, bringing in Rahul Tripathi and Anshul Kamboj to fill the spots left by Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mukesh Choudhary.

Team Lineups

Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.