Kolkata Knight Riders have decided to bat first against 3 time champions Chennai Super Kings in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Abu Dhabi. MS Dhoni's team is coming on the back of a morale boosting win against Kings XI Punjab. At the other side, Kolkata Knight Riders have some reasons to worry about their campaign post their previous loss to Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders have fielded an unchanged eleven. Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, have made one change- Karn Sharma in for Piyush Chawla. The last time before today KKR opted to bat first after winning toss was in May 2015 - 69 matches ago.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
