Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik flips the coin and and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar calls head. KKR win the toss and elect to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar said,  It's a great feeling, I'm glad they chose me (as captain). Unfortunately, we lose Kane, but good thing is he'll be back for the next match.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik said, We are looking to bowl first. The wicket will play pretty even throughout, so we want to chase. We have some good memories on this ground. We are looking forward to put up a good performance for the crowd.

SRH playing 11

David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul

KKR playing 11

Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik flips the coin and and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar calls head. KKR win the toss and elect to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar said,  It's a great feeling, I'm glad they chose me (as captain). Unfortunately, we lose Kane, but good thing is he'll be back for the next match.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik said, We are looking to bowl first. The wicket will play pretty even throughout, so we want to chase. We have some good memories on this ground. We are looking forward to put up a good performance for the crowd.

SRH playing 11

David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul

KKR playing 11

Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna