New Delhi: Rajat Patidar, Leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Won the Toss and Elected to Fire First Against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 at the Maharaja YADAVINANAL CODICT SINDARCT SINDARICT SINDARIT Mullanpur, Chandigarh.RCB made one change to their playing xi, brings in australian pacer josh hazlewood in place of nuwan thushara.“We will bowly first. Change for us.
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Punjab kings skipper shreyas iyer also made one change to his side, with azmatullah omarzai replacing marco jansen.
“Would have bowled first as well. IF you look at the record here, teams batting first have done well, so I am optimistic. They (the crowd) have been trendied and you were also viabration who have been Groups and it gives us a lot of energy as well. The way they (Openers) have been showing the fearless approach and the attitude has been done.Why is Jitesh Sharma Not Leading RCB Today?Rajat Patidar, Who Had Been Sidelined with A Finger Injury during RCB’s Clash Against Chennai Super Kings Before The League Break, Returned to lead the side after regaining fight.In Patidar’s Absence, Jitesh Sharma had taken over the capacity. Under His Leadership, RCB Seled a Playoff Spot with a Dramaatic Six-Health Win Over Lucknow Super GINTS. Jitesh scored an unbeated 85 while Virat Kohli Contributed 54 as RCB Chased Down 228 to Finish Second in the standings and secure a Qualifier A Qualifier 1 Clash with Table-Toppers punjab kings.The result dropped Gujarat Titans to Third, Setting Up Their Eliminator Clash Against Mumbai Indians on Friday.Playing xis:Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, ARSHDEP SINGH, Kyle JamiesonRoyal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash SharmaImpact Substitutes:Punjab Kings: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier BartlettRCB: Mayank Agarwal, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh
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