KKR vs DC: Mitchell Starc returns for Kolkata Knight Riders, Rishabh Pant announces return of star opener; check playing XIs

Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first against Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders in match 47 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Garden, on April 29 (Monday). The match is crucial for both teams as they have 10 points each and winning this match will put them in the second spot on the points table. KKR is currently in second position but need a win at all costs to secure that spot. DC announced the return of star opener Prithvi Shaw and KKR has brought in Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora in their line-up.

Head-to-Head

Both teams have faced each other 33 times and KKR have won 17 of them. Meanwhile, DC have been victorious on 15 occasions with one match ending in no result.

Captains at Toss

"We'll bat first. The way our team is poised, would look to put a score on the board. Wicket looks slightly on the slower side. Shaw comes back, Kushagra misses out. Rasikh Dar starts in place of Mukesh I guess. Talk is to take one match at the time," said Pant after winning the toss.

“We were looking to bowl first. Rishabh and I were having a chat - he said 'we're looking to bat' and I said we're looking to bowl. We're trying to keep things as simple as possible. When you lose a game like that, scoring 260, it's easy for people to go away from each other and backbite. But we're keeping everyone together. Starc and Vaibhav Arora are back,” said Iyer.

KKR vs DC Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact Subs: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra

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