The toss takes place under then flood lights, cloud cover and some wind. Hardik Pandya wins the toss, looks overhead and says they have changed their mind. They wanted to bat first but with the weather around, GT have decided to chase. Their XI is the same, says Pandya.
Unfortunate news for KKR. Jason Roy has back spasms, Umesh Yadav has a hamstring strain. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Harshit Rana come in for them. Nitish Rana says he would have batted anyway.
There is some good news as well for them. Shardul Thakur is back, replacing Vaibhav Arora. The XIs below suggest Shubman Gill will come in for Josh Little, and Suyash Sharma for one of the two KKR openers who are both wicketkeepers.
Kolkata Knight Riders N Jagadeesan†, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, VR Iyer, N Rana*, AD Russell, RK Singh, SP Narine, D Wiese, SN Thakur, Harshit Rana, CV Varun
Gujarat Titans WP Saha†, A Manohar, HH Pandya*, V Shankar, DA Miller, R Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, MM Sharma, JB Little