KKR claim to bat first against LSG, Narine returns – Check full match line-up

New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants skipper Rishabh Pant won the coin toss on Thursday and opted to open the batting against Kolkata Knight Riders, who are still looking for their first win of the season.KKR got a huge boost with the return of ace spinner Sunil Narine after missing the last match against PBKS.“Think about the pitching first. We want to keep the opposition batting and we believe our bowlers can do the job. A win will definitely add to the atmosphere of the team. We are playing in the same team. We feel our top order is batting hard but we believe our top order can get us through,” LSG captain Rishabh Pant said after winning the toss.Meanwhile, KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane said: “We wanted to bowl. (Referring to his decision to bat in the last game) that game was not over so you never know. Sunil came in and Varun was still recovering from a hand injury. When Kam Green bowled, we had one more bowler.”team:Kolkata Knight Riders (Starting Lineup): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.Kolkata Knight Riders Attack Submarines: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim SeifertLucknow Super Giants (Starting Lineup): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince YadavLucknow Super Giants shock substitutes: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Bretzke, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh