Sam Curran received the essential toss as Punjab Kings elected to bowl first in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders in the forty second match of the IPL 2024 on Friday. In a serious change to their playing eleven, Kolkata dropped their premier pacer Mitchell Starc and changed him with Dushmantha Chameera.
Starc, who price INR 24.75 crore, missed out on Kolkata’s beginning eleven on account of a finger niggle. Chammera joined the Kolkata camp as a substitute for Gus Atkinson and is set to play his first sport of the season.
Captain Shreyas Iyer revealed that the Australian star bought a lower on his finger throughout Kolkata’s final sport in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
“What’s pleased me the most this season is that every individual has done well and performed,” Shreyas Iyer mentioned after dropping the toss. “Whatever the situation under pressure, and they’re giving their best. Starcy got a cut on his finger in the last game and Dushmantha Chameera comes in. We want to continue the same form and momentum.”
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings additionally made main adjustments to their beginning eleven with Jonny Bairstow changing English star Liam Livingstone. Spinner Rahul Chahar additionally made the playing eleven forcing out Prabhsimran Singh to influence substitutes record.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary.
Kolkata Knight Riders Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
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