MI win toss, opt to bowl against KKR; Junior Tendulkar makes his IPL debut for Mumbai

Suryakumar Yadav and Nitish Rana during toss IPL 2023 (Image: iplt20.com)

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians’ stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match here Sunday.

MI’s regular skipper Rohit Sharma misses the game due to a stomach bug.

MI have handed a debut to Arjun Tendulkar while Duan Jansen also comes in for the five-time champions.

KKR are fielding an unchanged playing XI.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders:  Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson and  Varun Chakaravarthy.

Mumbai Indians:  Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen and Riley Meredith.

PTI

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