Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), cameron greenAngkrish Raghuvanshi(W), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil NarineVarun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing MuzarabaniMumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dheer, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markandey, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.Speaking at the toss, Pandya explained the decision to bowl first and expressed confidence in his team.“We are going to bowl. The track looks good, it looks greener than before. Let’s see how it plays out. This is our fort, the crowd is behind us and we want to play a good game. We started a few weeks ago, we have a lot of experience and a mix of youth. Rohit, Surya, Mitchell Santner – so there is no shortage of captains; I am just excited to go out there and perform. We are going with 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers. Are.”KKR captain on the other hand Ajinkya Rahane He admitted that he too would have preferred to bowl first given the unusual grass on the pitch.“We were looking forward to bowling, have never seen this much grass at Wankhede. Preparation has been good, some camps have been organized in Kolkata and Mumbai also. Know that MI is a champion team and we are looking forward to playing against them. Just stop for now and not look at the past. A few injuries – we are going with 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers. Four foreign players – Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Sunil Narine and Blessing Muzarabani.“Mumbai Indians also handed debut caps to AM Ghazanfar and Sherfane Rutherford, while Shardul Thakur returned to the franchise.Interestingly, MI will be looking to break a long-standing trend, as they have not won their opening match of an IPL season since 2012.