Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to field first against Gujarat Titans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.In a big blow for RCB, their opener Phil Salt was unavailable for the match due to injury and Jacob Bethell came into the side in his place.Jason Holder came in for Gujarat Titans and made his debut for Gujarat Titans.
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Varun Aaron on team performance and key moments“I feel this is going to be the bowler first. And as you all know, the chase gives us a lot of clarity about the result, the score and the total. One change – Salty’s injured, Bethell’s on. I think one great point I like is that this year we’re assessing the wicket and assessing the situation quite well. And of course there’s a lot of planning behind it. When you get behind it, there’s a lot of planning. Chinnaswamy Stadium, it’s a good wicket to bat on, but I think that it doesn’t have grass on it, so the first innings might be a bit tacky,” Rajat Patidar said at the toss.GT captain Shubman Gill, meanwhile, said: “Generally, the chasing teams have had good success at this venue. But I think it looks like an even wicket. Hopefully it will be a good game for us outside the stumps. Honestly, not really. It’s all about assessing the conditions early. And if you go for a good over, then you can think we’re in for a challenge.” Start, then continue that in such a big tournament, these kind of games can happen (against MI, but I think it’s very important to remind ourselves of the things that give us the best success and the best result as a team) that we focus on, we have a few changes and we have Jason Holder coming back.TeamsGujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar
