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Vaibhav Arora Comes in For KKR As MS Dhoni Opts to Bat First At Chepauk

image-lhngn6yrVaibhav Arora (Source: BCCI/IPL)

The visiting Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) who are lining up against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at their fortress Chepauk have lost the toss to veteran MS Dhoni as the yellow army opted to bat first and didn't make any changes to the XI.

On the other hand, Nitish Rana-led Knight Riders have made one change to their starting XI as they have replaced spinner Anukul Roy with medium pacer Vaibhav Arora. Anukul, being a left-arm spinner could have worked against KKR as left-hander-heavy CSK might have gotten an advantage.

Something that CSK did in the last game, benching Matheesha Pathirana and bringing him as an impact sub in the second half could be done again. Moreover, English Test skipper Ben Stokes will have to sit out again as the combination has kept him out for most of the tournament apart from injury.


Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Tushar Deshpande, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana

Impact Player Substitutes: 

CSK: Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh

KKR: Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Narayan Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Lockie Ferguson