Toss Royal Challengers Bengaluru chose to bowl vs Lucknow Super Giants
In front of a crowd already screaming “R-C-B! R-C-B!” Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain Rajat Patidar did the “pretty obvious” thing after winning the toss in an IPL game in Bengaluru and chose to chase. He confirmed one change in the line-up with Josh Hazlewood taking the place of Jacob Duffy. Virat Kohli is not part of RCB’s bowl-first XI but he is among the Impact Sub options, which suggests the ankle problem he picked up in his last game agains Mumbai Indians is still an ongoing issue.Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant wanted his players to take ownership of their roles and, although his team has been a bit up and down this season, warned of having to introspect after every game. He wanted to trust them instead to put their hands up and in tune with that he’s kept faith in the same team that played Gujarat Titans three days ago. However, there is a strong chance that fast bowler Mayank Yadav could come in as their Impact Sub option in the second innings.
Patidar also noted that the pitch had no grass, which may bring the spinners into play.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Devdutt Padikkal, 3 Rajat Patidar (capt), 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5 Tim David, 6 Romario Shepherd, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Suyash Sharma, 10 Rasikh Dar, 11 Josh Hazlewood.
Impact Player options: Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Kanishk Chouhan, Jordan Cox.
Lucknow Super Giants: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Ayush Badoni, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Mukul Choudhary, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Digvesh Rathi, 11 Prince Yadav.
Impact Player options: Mayank Yadav, George Linde, M Siddharth, Himmat Singh and Matthew Breetzke.
