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KKR vs LSG | Padikkal, Naveen Out; Shamar Joseph In As KKR Invite LSG To Bat


KKR will bowl first vs LSG [AP]KKR will bowl first vs LSG [AP]

In a significant development Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and elected to bowl in the 28th group-stage match of the Indian Premier League against Lucknow SuperGiants. 

The SuperGiants have handed debut cap to West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph, replacing him with Naveen-ul-Haq. 

They have also excluded out-of-form batter Devdutt Padikkal from their playing XI, preferring Deepak Hooda over him in the playing XI. 

At toss, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer said, 

"We are going to bowl first. The crowd is electrifying, and this is what we were missing when we played outside of Kolkata. Coming back, we're feeling the same love we felt after finishing the first game. So yeah, it's a great feeling to be back. Since we are bowling first, Rinku goes out and Harshit Rana comes in."

Meanwhile, Iyer's LSG counterpart KL Rahul said, 

"I was looking at the pitch and it looks a good one. I would have bowled first as well but not too unhappy with the result. The most important thing is to recover well and be fully fit for today's clash. We have played enough games. We know how to go with it and make sure that we are fresh,"

"We have few changes. Devdutt Padikkal and Naveen miss out. Shamar and Deepak Hooda replace them. Mohsin is also fit and he also comes into the XI."

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Lokesh Rahul (c and wk), Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Ravisingh Thakur, Shamar Joseph, Mohsin Khan

Impact Players: Amit Mishra, Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham, Manimaran Siddharth

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy

Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh