IPL: Rajasthan opt to bat against Punjab

Jaipur May 8 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Tuesday.

The hosts have made three changes in their playing XI as Stuart Binny Mahipal Lomror and Ish Sodhi came in for D Arcy Short Rahul Tripathi and Shreyas Gopal.

A couple of changes were also made by the visitors as Akshdeep Nath and Mohit Sharma replaced Mayank Agarwal and Ankit Rajpoot in the playing XI.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler (Wicket-keeper) Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) Sanju Samson Ben Stokes Stuart Binny Mahipal Lomror Jofra Archer Krishnappa Gowtham Jaydev Unadkat Ish Sodhi Anureet Singh

Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul (Wicket-keeper) Chris Gayle Akshdeep Nath Karun Nair Axar Patel Marcus Stoinis Manoj Tiwary Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain) Andrew Tye Mohit Sharma Mujeeb Ur Rahman

--IANS
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