The winner will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second Qualifier

May 23, 2018 18:44

Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane has won toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders during their IPL Eliminator in Kolkata on Wednesday.

The Knight Riders have outplayed Rajasthan both in the home and away games this season.

If it was a seven-wicket win at Jaipur last month, Kolkata notched up a comprehensive six-wicket win over their rivals a week ago at Edens gardens en route to sealing their play-off berth.

With three wins on the trot, Kolkata Knight Riders are on a roll as they clinched the last-four berth for a sixth time.

The winner of Wednesday's match will face Sunrisers Hyderabad, in the second Qualifier, who lost Qualifier 1 against Chennai Super Kings -- also to be held at Kolkata -- which will decide the second entrant of the final.

Champions of the inaugural edition in 2008, Rajasthan, on the other hand, have been heavily reliant on the alignment of their stars for their passage into the play-offs.

Teams (From):

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, R. Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi, Tom Curran.

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, D Arcy Short, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen, Ish Sodhi.

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