Shreyas Iyer’s first response to Returning to Eden Gardens after KKR Snow: “Another …”

Punjab Kings (PBK) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and selected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. The host, Kolkata, is currently ranked seventh in the points table with only three wins out of the eight matches, while Punjab sit firmly with five wins out of eight matches. KKR needs five wins in his last six matches, with a chance to qualify for the top four. For PBK, Iyer will be sufficient for Iyer’s Punjab to win three in the remaining six matches.

“We are batting first. Since we are playing on the same wicket on which they played. Some cracks can be seen, an idea will be found on how it is playing. It has always been very good to play in front of this crowd. It has always been very good to play and embrace another day. We are talking about some situations. We like ourselves, give other bowlers.

At the time of the toss, Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “It is all about playing good cricket, whatever is the goal requires the chase of whatever is the goal. Our bowlers are really bowling well. They have improved a lot. The boys need to work in this format. It comes in, Moen and Sakaria come to Rampandip.”

Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyash Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Josh England (WK), Nehal Wadera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omrajai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Punjab Kings Effect Sub: Harpreet Brar, Mushir Khan, Vijayakumar Vyashak, Suryash Shej, Praveen Dubey.

Kolkata Knight Riders (playing xi): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sunil Narin, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakaria, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakarwarthi.

Kolkata Knight Riders Effect Sub: Angkarish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Enrique Nortze, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy.