With Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore having won zero matches till now in the current season of IPL, captains of both the teams look forward to open the account on the points tally. Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and chosen to field first on a hard Jaipur pitch.
Rajasthan Royals have been hit by an injury due to which Sanju Samson has to sit out making way for Stuart Binny. Jaydev Unadkat has also been replaced by Varun Aaron.
"We have had three close games, should have closed it. But this is another opportunity and we are looking forward to it. We will bowl first, looks like a dry wicket, there might be some dew later on as well. Looking to keep them down to a small score. Sanju Samson is injured and he misses out, Stuart Binny is in. Varun Aaron replaces Jaydev Unadkat," said the Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane after winning the toss.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore have been bolstered with the Australian Marcus Stoinis and RCB is also playing Akshdeep Nath and Navdeep Saini ahead of Shivam Dube and Barman. de Grandhomme is also sitting out to make way for Marcus Stoinis.
"It's never nice to start without a win, but we are excited about this game. It's a long tournament, if you get on a roll, you can win plenty. We wanted to bat first, if the pitch gets scruffed up, we might have a good chance. Plus, we have that type of combination, defending makes more sense. We have three changes, Akshdeep Nath replaces Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini is in for Barman and Stoinis makes his RCB debut - de Grandhomme makes way,"said Virat Kohli.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Moeen Ali, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron