IPL 2019: Unchanged Kolkata opt to bowl against Punjab at Mohali

While KKR won its last game against Mumbai, Punjab's situation is worse than KKR as they have a negative net run rate and are on a three-match losing streak.

Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is all set to lock horns with Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) in a battle of survival on Friday at Mohali. Both the teams have 10 points from 12 matches and a win in today's match will keep the winning squad's Play-off chances alive. While KKR won its last game against Mumbai, Punjab's situation is worse than KKR as they have a negative net run rate and are on a three-match losing streak. Coming to the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali.

.@KKRiders win the toss and elect to bowl first against the @lionsdenkxip.#KXIPvKKR pic.twitter.com/cMJWHi1zxI

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"After a long time I won the toss, but they say there is a bit of dew out there. You have to control what you can control and I don't think you should be thinking too far ahead.", Dinesh Karthik. After losing the toss, Ashwin said that he would have also opted to bowl first if had won the toss. Sam Curran and AJ Tye are back in the playing XI as they replace Miller and Mujeeb . "We've lost players at the brink of the game, one of the captains was in fact kind enough to let me swap after the toss as well.", said Ashwin. Teams (Playing XI): Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Sam Curran, Simran Singh(w), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Andrew Tye Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney