Mumbai, March 22: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat against Mumbai Indians (MI) ina group stage match of IPL season three at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai today.
After flying start to this season, Kolkata Knight Riders lost its last two games. West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has joined the team and his presence will be worrying factor for Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians lost their last match to Royal Challengers bangalore on Sunday after two victories.
KKR has made three changes in the side. Gayle has been in for Brad Hodge while Harpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh are in the final XI for Ashok Dinda and Manoj Tiwary.
Mumbai have left out Sanath Jayasuriya for Ryan McLaren and the injured Ambati Rayudu for Shikhar Dhawan.
Teams:
KKR: Sourav Ganguly, Chris Gayle, CA Pujara, OA Shah, Mandeep Singh, AD Mathews, WP Saha, M Kartik, Harpreet Singh, SE Bond, I Sharma.
MI: SR Tendulkar, S Dhawan, AP Tare, SS Tiwary, DJ Bravo, KA Pollard, R McLaren, R Sathish, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, SL Malinga.
—Agencies