IPL 2018, KXIP vs RR: R Ashwin wins the toss elected to bowl first

The 38th match of IPL is going to play between R Ashwin led team Kings XI Punjab and Ajinkya Rahane's team Rajasthan Royals. In the toss, R Ashwin wins the toss and elected to bowl first, so, for now, Ajinkya Rahane's team will open for a bat. There are some changes in both teams.

R Ashwin announces Kings XI Punjab will play without Yuvraj Singh as Manoj Tiwary comes in for them. Whether Rahane also took a mic to announce the change as from their team Dhawal Kulkarni will not play as Anureet Singh replaces him.

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Playing XI

Kings XI Punjab

Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Marcus Stoinis, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Axar Patel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye

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Rajasthan Royals

Jos Buttler(w), D Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Anureet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat