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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on April 13. Patidar chose not to make any change to the team combination despite the loss to Delhi Capitals (DC) at home.
"We will bowl first. Surface looks pretty hard and good. We will know how the pitch behaves. This is to raise awareness to plant more trees. Same team for us," Patidar said after winning the toss.
RR captain Sanju Samson made just one change to the side. He brought Sri Lanka spin-bowling all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga into the side. He replaced Afghanistan left-arm pacer Fazlhaq Farooqi in the side.
"Actually we also wanted to bowl first. Normally it gets better to bat is the local information here. We know the conditions and if we respect the opposition and play to potential I think we will be fine. Ups and downs keep happening, can't allow doubts to enter into the dressing room. Hasa is back. Hasaranga will be replacing our Farooqi ji," Samson said at the coin toss.
RCB vs RR Playing XIs:
RR XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
RCB XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal
RCB vs RR Head-to-Head
RCB have had an upper hand against RR. They have won 15 out of 32 games, lost 14 whereas three have ended in no result.
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