IPL 2021, RCB vs KKR: Virat Kohli wins toss, opts to bat in battle of best in Sharjah

Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and elected to bat first in the Eliminator vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Both the sides are unchanged and try to give their best in the knockout game.

The both sides met two times this season, RCB won the first game in Chennai by 38 runs while KKR registered a big win in Abu Dhabi.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

What captains said during toss?

Eoin Morgan: We would have loved to bowl first anyways. The toss doesn't bother us. We are feeling confident within the group, we are starting to come good as a team. We are playing with the same team.

Virat Kohli: We are going to bat first, looks like a great wicket, nice and hard. It gets tougher to bat here in Sharjah as the game progresses. No changes. A youngster steps up and wins you a game against a top side like Delhi. Very happy for KS. This is what this tournament is all about. Meetings have been pretty short and sharp. We have the ability to win games, nothing changes this being an Eliminator.