RR make one change

Thu, 24 April 2025

19:23

Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag has won the toss and he has decided to field first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

RR make one change, Fazalhaq Farooqi comes in for Maheesh Theekshana.

RCB remain unchanged.

Riyan Parag said, "We will bowl first. The wicket looks a bit sticky and should get better later on. If we can give our 100 percent, the results will take care of themselves. Sanju (Samson) bhai is recovering and hopefully he will be back soon."

Rajat Patidar said, "We would have loved to bowl first as well, the surface has been tricky and unpredictable this season and we will try to adapt as quickly as we can. We have to be good at shot-selection."

Have a look at the Playing XIs:

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.

Impact Subs: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

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