After the controversial 'Mankading Saga', Ravichandran Ashwin and his team Kings XI Punjab have reached Kolkata to face the Knight Riders who are also pumped up after a thrilling victory in their first encounter.
Kings XI made some changes in the form of David Miller, Hardus Viljoen and Varun Chakravarthy.
Kolkata are playing the same team as the first T20. Dinesh Karthik expressed his disappointment after losing the toss as he also wanted to bowl first saying, "It's always a happy occasion playing here in Kolkata. We'd have bowled first as well. We are sticking with the same XI that played the first game".
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"We are a team that always wanted to be competitive. We are looking forward for another great contest today. We'll bowl first. It might do a little bit upfront and probably flatten out with dew coming on. We have made quite a bit of changes. David Miller is getting back into the side. Hardus Viljoen comes in for Sam Curran. Varun Chakravarthy makes his debut. We also have made another change," said Ravichandran Ashwin after winning the toss.
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna