Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss, Lucknow Super Giants will bat first

In match 21 of IPL's 18th season, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be playing against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The two teams are playing this match in Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders had won the toss against Lucknow Super Giants and opted to bowl first. Ajinkya Rahane is the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders team while Rishabh Pant is the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team.

There is one change in Kolkata Knight Riders' team. Spencer Johnson replaces Moeen Ali in the team. On the other hand, there are no changes in the team of Lucknow Super Giants.

After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said, we have decided to bowl first. The wicket looks really good, it is not so hot. There will not be much change in the wicket. The boundary on one side is small, so we are bowling first. Everyone is eagerly waiting for this game. This game is all about starting afresh, need to take positive things, need to take one step at a time. People are going to talk about it. We know that Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine are match winners. We are not worried about them. Spencer has been included in place of Moeen.

Rishabh Pant said after the toss, I am not thinking much about the past. I will move forward keeping the positive aspects in mind. As a team, we are winning and as a captain I am happy. We are not making any changes in the playing eleven.

Team Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakraborty.

Team Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi.