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Toss Kolkata Knight Riders chose to field v Royal Challengers Bangalore
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Gautam Gambhir showed no hesitation in choosing to field on a pitch he believed had plenty of runs in it. Kolkata Knight Riders face a must-win situation after two losses in two games, and made three changes to their squad. Wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin replaces Shakib Al Hasan, seamer Shami Ahmed takes Malvinder Bisla's place and left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat comes in for L Balaji.
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the opening game of this tournament to the Warriors and their captain Daniel Vettori admitted they could ill-afford another slip-up. He claimed his side had been working hard on its fielding. With AB de Villiers out of the competition due to a broken finger, Tillakaratne Dilshan makes it to the XI. Bangalore also replaced Abhimanyu Mithun, who was responsible for a couple of fielding howlers in their previous game, with seamer Raju Bhatkal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Saurabh Tiwary, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Daniel Vettori (capt), 8 Raju Bhatkal, 9 J Syed Mohammed, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 S Aravind
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Jacques Kallis, 2 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 3 Manoj Tiwary, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Ryan ten Doeschate, 6 Brad Haddin (wk), 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Iqbal Abdulla, 10 Shami Ahmed, 11 Jaydev Unadkat
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Gautam Gambhir showed no hesitation in choosing to field on a pitch he believed had plenty of runs in it. Kolkata Knight Riders face a must-win situation after two losses in two games, and made three changes to their squad. Wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin replaces Shakib Al Hasan, seamer Shami Ahmed takes Malvinder Bisla's place and left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat comes in for L Balaji.
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the opening game of this tournament to the Warriors and their captain Daniel Vettori admitted they could ill-afford another slip-up. He claimed his side had been working hard on its fielding. With AB de Villiers out of the competition due to a broken finger, Tillakaratne Dilshan makes it to the XI. Bangalore also replaced Abhimanyu Mithun, who was responsible for a couple of fielding howlers in their previous game, with seamer Raju Bhatkal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Saurabh Tiwary, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Daniel Vettori (capt), 8 Raju Bhatkal, 9 J Syed Mohammed, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 S Aravind
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Jacques Kallis, 2 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 3 Manoj Tiwary, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Ryan ten Doeschate, 6 Brad Haddin (wk), 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Iqbal Abdulla, 10 Shami Ahmed, 11 Jaydev Unadkat