SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first against KKR in their IPL 2024 opener at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram are the other three overseas players in SRH's playing XI. Meanwhile, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Mitchell Starc are KKR's overseas players for the match.