New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Captain Rajat Patidar Won The Toss and Elted to Bowl First Against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 at the Maharaja YADAVINDRA SINGAVINADRA CHE SINGAVINADRA CEing Mullanpur, Chandigarh. RCB made one change to their playing xi, brings in australian pacer josh hazlewood in place of nuwan thushara.“We will bowl first. The wicket looks very hard with a Decent grass cover, and we’ll try to make the most of the first few overs. Everyone Gave More Than 100 Percent in the Last Game – Jitsh, Salt, and Kohli Ware Tremin.Punjab Kings Skipper Shreyas Iyer also made a single change, with azmatullah omarzai coming in for Marco Jansen.“We would have bowled first as well. Looking at the record here, teams batting first have done well, so I’m optimistic. The craward has been trendouss – You Needs of Eneerg Field.
Why is Yuzvendra Chahal Not Playing Today?Punjab Kings’ Star Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s Absence from the Playing Xi for this Crucial match raised eyebrows among fans. Bough for a Hefty? 18 Crore at the 2025 auction, Chahal was expected to play a key role in the playoffs.However, The India Leg-Spinner is reportedly dealing with a minor niggle that kept him out of pbks’s last two league matches. Despite Head Coach Ricky Ponting Expressing Hope About His Recovery, Chahal has ben left out of the squad, likely due to not being full match-fit.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 Sharma
Impact Substitutes:Pbks: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier BartlettRCB: Mayank Agarwal, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh
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