Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bat first

Rishabh Pant © Gallo Images

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and chose to bat first in their IPL match against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday.

The home team head a remarkable five teams all grouped on 10 points, six behind leaders Rajasthan Royals, but the Knight Riders have a significantly higher net run rate and have played at least one fewer game than all of their rivals.

Delhi are bottom of the group in second place but have played 10 games compared to Kolkata’s eight.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wkt), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (captain/wkt), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed