Toss - MI opt to bowl
No surprises there! Rohit Sharma opts to chase after winning the toss. Mumbai Indians have a minor blow as Lasith Malinga is not fit to take the field today. He is replaced by Tim Southee. And RCB have made three changes to their lineup. Apart from Kohli, Chris Gayle is back in the XI and they have dropped Shane Watson. Samuel Badree gets his first game of the season and he comes in place of Billy Stanlake. Iqbal Abdulla makes way for Sreenath Aravind.
No surprises there! Rohit Sharma opts to chase after winning the toss. Mumbai Indians have a minor blow as Lasith Malinga is not fit to take the field today. He is replaced by Tim Southee. And RCB have made three changes to their lineup. Apart from Kohli, Chris Gayle is back in the XI and they have dropped Shane Watson. Samuel Badree gets his first game of the season and he comes in place of Billy Stanlake. Iqbal Abdulla makes way for Sreenath Aravind.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Kedar Jadhav(w), Mandeep Singh, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Tymal Mills, Sreenath Aravind, Samuel Badree, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Jos Buttler, Rohit Sharma(c), Nitish Rana, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah
