Sunrisers opt to bat against Knight Riders, replace Dhawan as captain

Sunrisers Hyderabad, who replaced Shikhar Dhawan with Darren Sammy as captain, won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at the Uppal here Sunday.

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan, Naman Ojha (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Lokesh Rahul, Darren Sammy (captain), Irfan Pathan, Karan Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine.