Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss & opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in the 1st match of the IPL 2022. This match is being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Ajinkya Rahane will open the innings for KKR while Sam Billings will keep the wicket. KKR are playing with only 3 overseas players this match. While Mitchell Santner has found his place in CSK's playing XI. 

Playing XI of both teams are:

• Chennai Super Kings - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja(c), Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tushar Deshpande
• Kolkata Knight Riders - Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy

Fantasy XI: 

• Wicketkeeper - S. Billings
• Batters - D. Conway, R. Gaikwad, N. Rana, S. Iyer
• All-rounders - V. Iyer, R. Jadeja, A. Russell
• Bowlers - A. Milne, V. Chakravarthy, T. Deshpande