Sports News | KKR Opt to Field Against Royals; Mavi Comes in Place of Aman, Boult, McCoy and Karun Included in RR XI

Mumbai, Apr 18 (PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer opted to field after winning the toss against Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match here on Monday.

Royals made three changes, bringing in fast bowlers Obed McCoy and Trent Boult alongside Indian batter Karun Nair.

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For KKR, pacer Shivam Mavi was picked in place of Aman Khan.

Teams:

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Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal

Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson (w), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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