IPL 2018, KKR v RCB: Dinesh Karthik wins the toss elect to bowl first

The third match of IPL 2011 is going to happen between Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders. The toss has happened and newly appointed captain Dinesh Karthik has won the toss and like all two previous games of IPL this time also captain has chosen to bowl first.

It looks like that the most of the teams wants to chase the score. While Virat Kohli who is much experience than Dinesh Karthik in terms of captaincy, whether Karthik has got a chance to show his ability of captaincy. As he has filled up the shows of Gautam Gambhir that means he has a great responsibility to show while playing for KKR.

The teams have been announced and there are some changes and some new players in the team that can have a major mark in this match. This match is surely going to have a tribute to the tag of IPL 2018 Best vs Best as this game is between Kohli, ABD, McCullum, de Kock vs Lynn, Uthappa, Karthik, Russell.

Teams are

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal