Mumbai Indians opt to bowl against KKR

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kolkata Knight Riders here today.

Mumbai Indians made a few changes, bringing in Parthiv Patel in place of injured Lendl Simmons, Tim Southee for R Vinay Kumar and Shreyas Gopal also missed out as the side opted for Jagadeesha Suchith.

For KKR, Kuldeep Yadav came in for Umesh Yadav. There was no place for ace spinner Sunil Narine in the KKR palying XI.

Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir (capt), Manish Pandey, Colin Munro, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, John Hastings, Kuldeep Yadav, Brad Hogg

Mumbai Indians: Parthiv Patel, Rohit Sharma (capt), Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, J Suchith, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah.