Knight Riders opt to bowl, Russell unfit

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Toss Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Sunrisers Hyderabad Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL eliminator at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. In doing so, he also hoped to continue their trend of chasing well – they have successfully chased in six of their eight matches this season.

Andre Russell, put through a late fitness test on match day, pulled up and was ruled out of the clash. With their balance dented by the unavailability of one of their key allrounders, Knight Riders brought in Morne Morkel and R Sathish in place Shakib Al Hasan and Ankit Rajpoot.

Sunrisers also made two changes. Ben Cutting, who sat out of …

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