Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to at first at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). After the narrow one-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens, Du Plessis did not make a change to his team combination.
“We are gonna bat first. We feel like our fans go with us everywhere. These boys have been playing some amazing cricket, hopefully we can put some scoreboard pressure on them. We fought really hard in the last game. Same team,” RCB skipper said after winning the toss.
SRH captain Pat Cummins did not make big changes to the team combination. He also thanked the fans for support at their homeground. He dropped Washington Sundar to include left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat in the side.
“It's been awesome, good to be back here. It's my first year here. The amount of people wearing orange, feels like a good place. We want to bat the same way. We have to adjust quicker as a bowling side. Unadkat comes in for Washington Sundar,” Cummins said at the coin toss.
RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
SRH Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
The last time RCB went up against SRH was at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. In a record-breaking high-scoring game, RCB lost the match by 25 runs despite Dinesh Karthik's whirlwind knock. SRH posted the highest-ever T20 total in franchise cricket – 287/3 – as Travis Head scored his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) ton.
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