The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who are facing Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 47 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, saw the side make two changes for the clash. While all teams make changes according to the need of the game, the changes made by KKR were that of retained players Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Chakaravarthy.
At the toss, skipper Shreyas Iyer, while electing to bowl first said the side is making two changes. "We have two changes. Anukul Roy comes in for Venky (Venkatesh Iyer) and Shivam Mavi comes in (for Varun Chakaravarthy)".
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The captain even explained why the changes were being made and said, "It's important to have the right combination. We are trying to give as many matches as possible to the players, but it's also important to get the right combinations".
Seeing how KKR has left their two retained players from IPL 2021 behind got netizens questioning their strategy.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Baba Indrajith(w), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi
