Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals in the 41st Match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

For KKR, Tim Southee would be making his debut while Russell misses out due to injury. Sandeep Warrier has come in for PRasidh Krishna. Delhi Capitals have also made one change - Steven Smith has come in place of Prithvi Shaw. Playing XI of both teams are:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier

Delhi Capitals - Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
 

Fantasy XI:

• Wicket Keeper: Rishabh Pant
• Batters: S Dhawan, S Iyer (VC), V Iyer (C), R Tripathi, S Gill
• All Rounders: A Patel
• Bowlers: T Southee, A Khan, A Nortje, V Chakravarthy