IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals win the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders; choose to bowl first

The 31st match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. However, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won four games out of five so far. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals also won five matches so far and the last only one. However, both teams will try to win the game and keep the momentum on. This is going to be an exciting match for both teams as well.

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IPL 2024: KKR vs RR, Match 31: Who said what at the toss?

Sanju Samson: We would like to bowl first. Might be better to chase on this. Very much excited to be back in Eden Gardens, there’s a great vibe in the stadium. Jos and Ash are available for this game, so they are coming back.

Shreyas Iyer: Would have loved to bowl as well based on the last game, on how the ball moved around. Whenever he (Narine) comes in, he is hard to read and he’s got that poker face all throughout, we want him to perform him the way he has. We are playing the same team.

Playing XIs:

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

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Jos Buttler, Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger