KKR and Gujarat Lions play their opening game of the season

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April 07, 2017 19:56

The coin has been tossed and Kolkata Knight Riders captain calls right. Gautam Gambhir wins toss and elects to bowl.

Trent Boult gets a chance to play and KKR hope to restrict the Lions to a low total.

Gambhir says the wicket looks and hopes it will hold up well as they look to chase well.

Gujarat Lions' captain Raina says he looks to go at six runs an over as put a big total on the board.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (Capt), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Chris Lynn, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Woakes, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Narine, Trent Boult.

Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (Capt), Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Jason Roy, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Manpreet Gony, Praveen Kumar, Shahdab Jakati, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik.

Welcome to the live updates of the 3rd match of IPL season 10 as Gujarat Lions get ready to lock horns with former champs Kolkata Knight Riders in Rajkot.

Gujarat Lions will miss the services of Dwayne Bravo who is still recovering from the hamstring injury he sustained during the Big Bash League about three months ago.

They will also be without talismanic player Ravindra Jadeja who has been rested for the early part of the league.

Meanwhile, KKR have maintained their side over the years.

They will miss Andre Russell but they are not short of good batsmen with the likes of Robin Uthappa and captain Gautam Gambhir two of the formidable batsmen in the team.

They also have in the mix Trent Boult and Chris Woakes two of the most expensive buys for the franchise this season.

It will be hard to pick a winner tonight but let's find out together as we keep you updated with our commentary.

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