Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the toss andelected to field against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the opening match of the IndianPremier League, 2021.
Kohli expressed surprise on winning the toss, calling it'unbelievable' and said that since MI love chasing, they wanted to make thembat first.
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Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), 2 Chris Lynn, 3Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 KieronPollard, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Jayant Yadav, 10 Trent Boult, 11Jasprit Bumrah.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(captain), RajatPatidar, AB de Villiers(w), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar,Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal.