IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, opt to bowl first and make two changes; Ngidi comes in for CSK

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against the Chennai Super Kings in their first game in Mumbai of IPL 2021. KKR skipper Eoin Morgan said that chasing is a good option at the Wankhede Stadium and hoped for the change of fortunes with the change of venue.

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that the wicket looked similar to their last game against the Rajasthan Royals but was a bit tacky, which meant they will have to watch out for a few overs, batting first. 

#KKR have won the toss and they will bowl first against #CSK.

Follow the game here - https://t.co/37BCFLnlqR #KKRvCSK #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/OUtk4wYV4x

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2021

Both teams made changes to their line-up as KKR brought in seamer Kamlesh Nagarkoti in place of Harbhajan Singh and Sunil Narine for Shakib Al Hasan, CSK rested the all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and brought in fast bowler Lungi Ngidi.

Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar