IPL 2024: Mustafizur, Shardul and Rizvi Back as Chennai Super Kings Opt to Bowl vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad opted to field first against Shreyas Iyer’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad said that CSK have made a few changes with the likes of Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur and Sameer Rizvi come in.

“Good toss to win. It looks humid, we will bowl first. Hasn’t dented our confidence, we have lost by small margin. Definitely looking forward to getting a win in this game. They are playing good brand of cricket, we want to keep things simple. Pathirana is not available, Mustafizur is back. Shardul comes in and Rizvi comes back,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said after winning the toss.

Pacer Mustafizur Rahman is back in place of Mukesh Choudhary while Deepak Chahar misseas out due to a niggle.

Shreyas Iyer said KKR are unchanged from their last game.

“We would have bowled first. We have assessed the conditions and adapted well, appreciate that. Everyone has stepped up and played fearless cricket. It’s history, that was a different team. We just need to keep things simple, that’s better. Our focus is on the present. We are sticking to the same team,” Shreyas Iyer said at the toss.

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CSK vs KKR Playing XI –

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(C), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(WK), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Subs – Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt (WK), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Subs – Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain.