Rajasthan Royals opted to bat after Riyan Parag won the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Both sides wanted to bat first, a change from the norm.
The decision to bat first possibly had to do with Kolkata Knight Riders’ struggles when chasing and RR being bundled out in a chase in their last match.
Team Changes for Rajasthan Royals
RR reverted to the old combination after leaving Shimron Hetmyer out for the last match.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius had to sit out as a result.
Right-arm quick Briijesh Sharma replaced Tushar Deshpande, who went for 55 runs in the last match.
Kolkata Knight Riders Unchanged
KKR, still searching their first win after six matches into the season, didn’t make any changes to their playing group.
Players to Watch
The decision at the toss meant we would get to watch Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal in earnest.
April 19 was exactly a year since Sooryavanshi made his IPL debut with a first-ball six off Shardul Thakur. Two matches later he blasted a 35-ball century against Delhi Capitals.
Team Lineups
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 4 Riyan Parag (capt.), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Donovan Ferreira, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Nandre Burger, 11 Brijesh Sharma
RR bench: Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yash Punja
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Ajinkya Rahane (capt.), 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Cameron Green, 4 Rovman Powell, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Anukul Roy, 7 Ramandeep Singh, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Kartik Tyagi, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Vaibhav Arora
KKR bench: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini
Pitch it up, pitch it down, on-pace or off-pace… what’s the best way to send Vaibhav Sooryavanshi back early?