Kolkata won the toss and chose bowling

Mohali (IANS)| Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first in the IPL match against Punjab Kings on Saturday.

Kolkata captain Nitish Rana said after winning the toss, “It has been raining here for the last two days. Hopefully there will be some moisture in the wicket. Very excited about the captaincy. Not everyone gets this chance. Impact player rules Will have to see, we will learn about it gradually. Today we have four foreign players in our team – Saudi, Rasal, Narayan and Gurbaz.

Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan said, “We also wanted to bowl first to make good use of the impact player rule. We want to win this tournament and perform with consistency. Four foreign players – Rajapaksa, Karan, Ellis and… I forgot the fourth name.

both teams are

Punjab: Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar.

Kolkata: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakraborty.

–IANS