IPL 2021: KKR vs RR Toss report: Rajasthan Royals elect to bowl, Playing 11 updates

Dubai, October 7: The Kolkata Knight Riders will face off with Rajasthan Royals in an IPL 2021 match on Thursday (October 7 and the task in front of the Kolakatans is quite simple, win the match and stay close to the play-off berth.

They have 12 points now and a win will take them to 14 and also away from a host of mathematical complications involving other teams like Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings and possibly the Royals. The toss went way of Rajasthan Royals and they elected to bowl first.

Here are the details.

1. Playing 11

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(captain), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson (wk/captain), Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.

2. Captains talk

Eoin Morgan: Would have obviously liked to bowl first. We put in a strong performance on a slowish wicket in Dubai, and we need to just put a good score here. Just because of the confidence within the group, we needn't look too far ahead. If we win here, those two poits will take care of everything.

''Try free yourself up, and try and play to win for the team. Lockie Ferguson is fit and he comes back in for Tim Southee. When we have the kind of depth and Tim comes and performs, it helps, but Lockie with his pace will come good on this wicket.

Sanju Samson: We'll bowl first. With the past matches, it has been easier to bowl first on this wicket. I think there have been a lot of learnings in the last game. The bounce was varying and it was two-paced. We need to be smarter with our shots and we need to bowl good lines and lengths too. Four changes: Livingstone, Morris, Unadkat come in.