Rishabh Pant, LSG captain, won the toss and chose to bowl first.
KKR has played three games and lost two, while one was abandoned due to rain. Rahane has been under scrutiny for his defensive mode when in conversation with the press. Normally cool and composed, Rahane has defended his strike rate, batting approach, and the disputed toss call he made against Punjab several times this season.
This time, Pommie Mbangwa wanted to know what Rahane would have done if he had won the toss.
"We wanted to bowl," Rahane said at the toss after LSG sent KKR in to bat.
Rahane went on to explain the roster changes and gave an update on Cameron Green, who has yet to bowl for KKR this season. According to Cricket Australia, Green has an ailment that has prevented him from getting cleared to bowl thus far.
Green could progressively increase his workload in the upcoming games, though, since he was spotted bowling in the KKR nets before the contest.
"Just one change—Sunil comes in place of Blessing; Varun is still recovering from his hand injury." When he (Green) is allowed to bowl, we will probably see him. The combination gets better, so Rovman Powell plays. When Cam Green bowls, we have that extra bowler with us.
We just want to, as a batting unit, watch the ball and react, rather than putting pressure on ourselves by trying to focus on a certain target and then achieve that. I think just being in the moment, trying to react and watch the ball," Rahane said at the toss.
Rahane has walked the talk with the bat as KKR lost Finn Allen early for 9 runs. However, Rahane made 39 runs in 21 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes at the time of writing this piece as KKR made 89/1 in 9 overs.