Hardik Pandya is unwell. In his absence, Rashid Khan is captaining Gujarat Titans, and has won the toss. Titans will be batting first. Knight Riders too wanted to bat; they were hoping their spinners to play a big role in the second half. Well, they will now have to make hay while the sun shines.
Vijay Shankar comes in for Hardik. Knight Riders have made two changes: Lockie Ferguson and N Jagadeesan come in for Tim Southee and Mandeep Singh.
This is the second time Rashid is captaining in the IPL. Last season too he had stood in for Hardik.
Here are the playing XIs:
Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Abhinav Manohar, 8 Rashid Khan (capt), 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Yash Dayal, 11 Mohammed Shami
Substitutes: Josh Little, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Matthew Wade, KS Bharat
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Nitish Rana (capt), 3 N Jagadeesan, 4 Rinku Singh, 5 Andre Russell, 6 Shardul Thakur, 7 Sunil Narine, 8 Lockie Ferguson, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Suyash Sharma, 11 Varun Chakravarthy
Substitutes: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese