NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill gained the toss and opted to area first towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) of their IPL conflict on Wednesday.
Gujarat Titans, the 2022 champions, made a single change, bringing in Arshad Khan rather than their tempo spearhead Kagiso Rabada, who was unavailable because of private causes.
“We’ll bowl first. Appears like a great wicket. We have seen that situations don’t change a lot right here. Our focus is on minimizing unforced errors and fine-tuning key areas. Kagiso misses out because of private causes, so we’ve introduced Arshad Khan in,” Gill stated on the toss.
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Rabada persistently delivers at speeds between 140-150 kmph, and his quickest recorded ball reached 155.28 kmph while taking part in towards Punjab Kings throughout the 2024 IPL season.
RCB, taking part in their first house sport of the season, retained the identical taking part in XI. Captain Rajat Patidar admitted he would have most popular to bowl first however remained assured in his crew’s steadiness.
“Would’ve bowled first as effectively as a result of it is a new floor. It seems to be fairly onerous and should not change a lot. The way in which the boys are stepping up offers me a number of confidence as a captain. We love this crowd—their help has all the time been unbelievable. Identical crew for us,” Patidar stated.
Influence Substitutes
Gujarat Titans: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Enjoying XIs
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
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