IPL 10: Pune win toss, invite KKR to bat

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New Delhi: Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

Rising Pune Supergiant have not made any changes to the squad which defeated Gujarat Lions on Monday. While, Kolkata Knight Riders will be without their in-form wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa, who has a niggle and he will replaced by Surya Kumar Yadav

The Pune based franchise led by Steve Smith has won 5 of their last 6 game and stand fourth on the points table with 12 points. A win here will take them to third position and consolidate their top four ambitions.

While, Kolkata Knight Riders will look to put behind the disappointment of heavy loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous encounter. The Gautam Gambhir led side has been one of the top performers so far in the IPL  and one win is enough for the home side to seal their position in the playoffs.

RPS XI: AM Rahane, RA Tripathi, SPD Smith (C), MS Dhoni, BA Stokes, MK Tiwary, DT Christian, Washington Sundar, SN Thakur, JD Unadkat, Imran Tahir

KKR XI:  SP Narine, G Gambhir (C), MK Pandey, YK Pathan, SA Yadav, SP Jackson, C de Grandhomme, CR Woakes, NM Coulter-Nile, UT Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav