Cuttack: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bowl against Deccan Chargers in their 29th match of the tournament at the Barabati Stadium on Sunday.
Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara said he was thinking of batting first anyway. Cameron White replaced Dan Christian in the Chargers squad.
Deccan Chargers are yet to open their account this season and they find themselves at the bottom of the points table after losing all their four matches.
Teams:
Deccan Chargers: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel (wk), Cameron White, JP Duminy, Ishank Jaggi, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ankit Sharma, Veer Pratap Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Brendon McCullum, Manvinder Bisla (wk), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Debabrata Das, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji