Gujarat Lions have won the toss and have opted to field first against Kings XI Punjab.
Gujarat Lions (Photo: AFP)
Suresh Raina-led Gujarat Lions have won the toss and have opted to field first against Kings XI Punjab in the 26th match of the IPL 2016 at the SCA Stadium in Rajkot on Monday.
"We have been good at chasing so thought let's try it," Raina said after winning the toss.
Gujarat announced four changes with Nathu Singh, Shubham Agarwal, Andrew Tye and Akshdeep Nath coming in, replacing James Faulkner, Ishan Kishan Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni respectively.
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Manan Vohra is back in the KXIP camp, while KC Cariappa and T Natarajan came in for Swapnil and Ishant Sharma respectively.
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI: Hashim Amla, Manan Vohra, Glenn Maxwell (c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shaun Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, KC Cariappa, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma
Gujarat Lions Playing XI: Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshdeep Nath, Andrew Tye, Shubham Agarwal, Basil Thampi, Nathu Singh
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