IPL 2020: CSK win toss, opt to field first against KKR

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to field.

Dubai: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat against Eoin Morgan's Kolkata Knight Riders in the 49th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Thursday.

After winning the toss, MS Dhoni said, "We are bowling first, bit worried about the dew. We had some dew during practice, so it's better to bat second with dew around. We haven't been at our best, that's the reason we have been lagging behind. Quite a few changes, Faf, Tahir, Monu out. Watto, Lungi, Karn in."

Eoin Morgan at the toss said, "One change for us, Rinku Singh in, Prasidh Krishna out. Andre Russell is not near fit yet so he misses out today. We can only control what we can do. We have had an up and down season. We are against a good CSK side. Myself and Brendon are all about freeing people."

The last time the two sides faced each other, KKR had emerged victorious by 10 runs.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi