Banglore: Good news! 5-overs game confirmed. The match will start at 11:26pm.
Rain has interputed the match number 49 bwteen the home team RCB and RR. Rajasthan Royals win the toss and opt to field first in their Indian Premier League contest against Royal Challengers Banglore here at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB captain Virat Kohli has lost 10 tosses in the 2019 IPL season. Rain interaputs match
Shivam Dubey has been rested by the home team whereas Pavan Negi gets a game and Kulwant Khejroliya also plays the first match of the season. The visiting team makes one change in the team as Mahipal Lomror comes in for Ashton Turner.
The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium which has proved to be a high scoring game last time when RCB played on this stadium they scored more than 200 runs.
RCB is coming into this match with a heart-breaking loss in the last game against Delhi Capitals, while Rajasthan Royals has managed to keep the qualification hopes alive by winning two matches on the trot.
Both these teams are resting at the bottom of the points table.
After losing the toss for 10th time Virat said," This is a ground where the pitch is going to be nice in both the innings. Still, if you play good cricket and bowl well, you have a good chance of winning. We can max get to 12 points, it's about enjoying these two games. The reason why we bounced back is because we focussed on that (having fun). We can't afford to take too much of pressure."
Smith said We are going to bowl, looks a pretty good wicket. Hopefully, we can bowl well and restrict them to a good total. You don't try to think too much about that (playoffs). We just have to play to win.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Heinrich Klaasen, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Marcus Stoinis, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas
