Knight Riders bowl first, Watson starts
Javinder Singh | IPL Cricket Live
The Kolkata Knight Riders will bowl first against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur after skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss
The Royals team will be strengthen with the arrival of Shane Watson who’s expected to come straight into the team after destroying Bangladesh’s bowling attack during their recent ODI series against the Aussies.
With the conclusion of the series which the Aussies won 3-0 the Knight Riders also welcome Brett Lee, Brad Haddin and Shakib Al Hasan who also played in Bangladesh.
The Royals come into the game on the back of two comfortable victories over the Deccan Chargers and Delhi DareDevils while the Knight Riders will be looking to build on their 9 run victory against the Chargers on Monday night.
Rajasthan Royals team - SR Watson, R Dravid, J Botha, AL Menaria, LRPL Taylor, AG Paunikar†, AS Raut, SK Warne*, A Singh, SK Trivedi, ND Doshi.
Kolkata Knight Riders team - JH Kallis, MS Bisla†, G Gambhir*, MK Tiwary, YK Pathan, EJG Morgan, Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal Abdulla, R Bhatia, B Lee, L Balaji.
Javinder Singh | IPL Cricket Live
The Kolkata Knight Riders will bowl first against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur after skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss
The Royals team will be strengthen with the arrival of Shane Watson who’s expected to come straight into the team after destroying Bangladesh’s bowling attack during their recent ODI series against the Aussies.
With the conclusion of the series which the Aussies won 3-0 the Knight Riders also welcome Brett Lee, Brad Haddin and Shakib Al Hasan who also played in Bangladesh.
The Royals come into the game on the back of two comfortable victories over the Deccan Chargers and Delhi DareDevils while the Knight Riders will be looking to build on their 9 run victory against the Chargers on Monday night.
Rajasthan Royals team - SR Watson, R Dravid, J Botha, AL Menaria, LRPL Taylor, AG Paunikar†, AS Raut, SK Warne*, A Singh, SK Trivedi, ND Doshi.
Kolkata Knight Riders team - JH Kallis, MS Bisla†, G Gambhir*, MK Tiwary, YK Pathan, EJG Morgan, Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal Abdulla, R Bhatia, B Lee, L Balaji.
