New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Stand-in Captain Jitesh Sharma won throwing and decided to mix against Lucknow Super Giants in the 70 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Cricket Stadium. RCB has made two changes in its XI playing, with regular captain Rajat Patidar is still on the bench and is likely to be used as an impact replacement. Despite the recovery of the injury, Josh Hazlewood was omitted while Liam Livingstone replaced Tim David and Nuwan Thushar came to Lungi Ngidi.“We’ll stand up first. It looks like a good goal, we’ll want to chase. Rajat Patidar is our impact player. He tries to win and get into the top-2. Tim David is missing out, Liam comes, just like Thushara, replaces Ngidi, who left the team.”
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Super Giants Captain Lucknow Super Giants Rishabh Pant said that the team will stick to their aggressive style of play. LSG also made two changes in its XI, with Matthew Brettzke and Digvesh Rathi.“We do not mind batting or bowling first, we showed a view of the potential in our last game, but each match is learning curve until the last ball is bowed, we give our 100 percent.Throwing dramaDuring the throwing there was a moment of drama.Jitesh Sharma announced that Rajat Patidar would come as a player of the impact during the second shift. However, the official team certificate had Patidar among the starting XI. This confusion occurred because Jitesh accidentally handed over the RCB team to the first match of the match.Since the RCB first, they quickly repaired the error by sending the relevant team certificate after receiving the approval from the LSG team management.The whole mix was picked up and told commentators on live television.RCB team sheets:Gaming Xis:Lucknow Super Giants: RISHABH PANT (WK, CAPT), Nicholas Pooran, Mithell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Avesh Khan, William O’ReomerekeImpact replacement: Yuvraj Chaudhary, Arshin Ballow, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash ShaarmaImpact substitution: Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage
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