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Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won his second successive toss at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and chose to chase again. The Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said he would have preferred to bowl first too on a dry, cracked pitch.
RCB included a third spinner Pawan Negi in place of batsman Sarfraz Khan, who had managed only six runs in two matches. Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar were the other spin options for RCB.
Royals, on the other hand, retained the team that beat Delhi Daredevils in a rain-hit game on Wednesday. This meant that Sussex quick Jorfra Archer, who had been sidelined from much of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the start of the IPL because of a side strain, missed out again.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Chris Woakes, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Kulwant Khejroliya, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 2 D’Arcy Short, 3 Sanju Samson, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Rahul Tripathi, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 K Gowtham, 8 Shreyas Gopal, 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Ben Laughlin
Source: ESPN Crickinfo