Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis won the all-important toss and elected to field in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 15 (Monday). Bengaluru made two big decisions by dropping Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj from the playing XI. meanwhile, the Sunrisers made no changes to their playing XI.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
The franchise hailing from Bengaluru has participated in six matches in the competition so far, emerging victorious in one encounter but facing defeat in five games. On the other hand, the Hyderabad-based franchise has secured three wins and suffered two losses in the five matches they've contested thus far.
In terms of their head-to-head record, both teams have squared off 22 times. SRH holds a slight advantage over RCB, having clinched 12 victories compared to RCB's 10. Notably, during the 2017 IPL season, a match in Bengaluru was abandoned without the toss taking place.
Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jaydev Unadkat, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Pat Cummins (c), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Umran Malik.
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