Ahmedabad: In the 22nd match of the Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss against Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore and decided to field first here at the Narendra Modi Stadium Tuesday.
As Ravichandran Ashwin has opted out of this ongoing season of IPL, citing family reason on Monday, Ishant Sharma has come in DC XI replacing the all-rounder. In the RCB XI, Navdeep Saini has been rested, as Rajat Patidar replaced him. There is another change in the RCB team as Daniel Sams got the nod ahead of Dan Christian.
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Virat Kohli: We would have bowled as well. Dew is a big factor here. I think it came as early as the first innings. So we got to set a nice foundation. We need to keep that intent going. Saini makes way for Rajat Patidar, he will bat at 3. Daniel Sams replaces Dan Christian.
Rishabh Pant: We will look to bowl first. The wicket looks dry, so we want to bowl before the dew sets in. Nothing much to talk about the previous game. We should have won the game before the Super Over. Ishant is playing in place of Ashwin
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan
