Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and has decided to bat first in their IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
KKR have made one change to their squad, bringing in Tim Seifert in place of Finn Allen.
GT have retained the squad that beat Lucknow Super Giants.
Let's have a look at the Playing XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi.
Impact Subs: Varun Chakravarthy, Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh and Navdeep Saini.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ashok Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Impact Subs: Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya and Anuj Rawat.
Rahane said: "Looking to bat first, want our batters to bat freely. We just want to turn it around, so batting first is a good option. If you are doing well, people will take well, otherwise they will critise. T20 format is all about momentum. One change, Seifert comes in for Allen."
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill said: "We wanted to bowl first, to be honest. There might be some dew around. Out batting collapsed in the middle in the last match. It should have been a comfortable chase otherwise. It's all about doing the simple things right. That always we talk about in team meetings. We are playing with the same team."
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