IPL 2018: Rajasthan Royals opt to bat against Kings XI Punjab

Jaipur, May 06: Rajasthan Royals opts to bat against Kings XI Punjab here at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and skipper Ajinkya Rahane has opted to bat first. Only the fourth time in the IPL 2018 that a winning skipper has opted to bat first. R Ashwin says during the toss that he wanted to lose the toss and he didn't know what to do.

Teams:
Rajasthan Royals SquadAjinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler (wk), D Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ish Sodhi, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen.

Kings XI Punjab SquadLokesh Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Manoj Tiwary, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar.