Throw Royal Challengers Bengaluru chose to bowl vs Lucknow Super Giants
In front of a crowd that was already chanting “RCB! RCB!”
Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s captain Rajat Patidar did the “pretty obvious” thing after winning the toss in an IPL match in Bengaluru and
chose to race. He confirmed one change to the lineup with Josh Hazlewood replacing Jacob Duffy. Virat Kohli is not part of RCB’s bowling first XI, but he is among the Impact Sub options, suggesting that the ankle problem he suffered in his last game against Mumbai Indians is still an ongoing issue.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant wanted his players to take ownership of their roles and, while his team has been a bit up and down this season, he warned that they need to introspect after every game. Rather, he wanted to trust them to raise their hands and match it, he kept faith in the same team that played against Gujarat Titans three days ago. However, there is a high chance that fast bowler Mayank Yadav could step in as their Impact Sub option in the second innings.
Patidar also noted that the pitch has no grass, which could bring the spinners into play.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Devdutt Padikkal, 3 Rajat Patidar (captain), 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 (captain and 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.
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