Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar has been named in Mumbai Indians' playing XI against Kolkata Knight Riders. This is Arjun Tendulkar's debut match in the Indian Premier League.
Rohit Sharma will miss this match with a stomach bug. Suryakumar Yadav will lead MI in Rohit's absence.
Arjun Tendulkar coming in for Rohit Sharma is the only change that MI have made in their playing XI. MI won the toss and elected to bowl first against KKR at the Wankhede Stadium.
23-year-old Arjun has played 7 first-class matches in which he's picked 12 wickets. From 7 List A games, the left-arm pacer has 8 wickets. In T20s, Arjun has 12 wickets from 9 matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith.
