RR Vs KKR To Play 7-Over Game As Shreyas Iyer Invites Samson's Co To Bat 1st

KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first (x.com)

After a halt of nearly three hours, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders will eventually play in Match 70 of the Indian Premier League 2024. At Guhawati, both sides will play a seven-over game, where the KKR side won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Update: Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson shake hands and match has been abandoned due to heavy rain.

RR vs KKR: Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c and wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger

RR vs KKR: Captain's thoughts

Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "We wanted to bowl first as well. This pitch looks a lot better. The last one was dry. There has been a last minute changes. I think Nandre Burger comes in."

Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain): "We are going to bowl, we don't know how it will play. The outfield is wet. We have one change Anukul Roy comes in."

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