Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Patidar said the decision would help his side read a surface that has no grass cover.
Team news and playing XIs
RCB were forced into a reshuffle before the start. Phil Salt was ruled out due to injury, with Jacob Bethell coming in. Bethell was not named in the bowling-first XI and is set to feature only during the second innings as an Impact Player.
Gujarat Titans also made two changes. Jason Holder replaced Glenn Phillips, while Manav Suthar came in for Ashok Sharma. Holder’s inclusion marks his first appearance for GT.
Ground and boundary details
The match is taking place on the centre wicket at Chinnaswamy Stadium, with both square boundaries measured at 61 metres. The straight boundary extends to 74 metres.
Playing squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
- 1 Virat Kohli
- 2 Devdutt Padikkal
- 3 Rajat Patidar (capt)
- 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk)
- 5 Tim David
- 6 Romario Shepherd
- 7 Krunal Pandya
- 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 9 Josh Hazlewood
- 10 Suyash Sharma
- 11 Rasikh Dar
Impact Player options: Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer
Gujarat Titans:
- 1 Shubman Gill (capt)
- 2 B Sai Sudharsan
- 3 Jos Buttler (wk)
- 4 Washington Sundar
- 5 Jason Holder
- 6 Shahrukh Khan
- 7 Rahul Tewatia
- 8 Rashid Khan
- 9 Kagiso Rabada
- 10 Manav Suthar
- 11 Mohammed Siraj
Impact Player options: Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan
