Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Playing 11: RCB host PBKS in IPL 2025 match on Friday. (Sportzpics for IPL)A confident Royal Challengers Bengaluru led by flamboyant Rajat Patidar will host Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans for their first match of the Indian Premier League 2025 in front of their home crowd at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Table toppers RCB have won two back-to-back matches and sit with four points. They beat Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings to get two big away wins before travelling back home. GT, meanwhile, started with an 11-run loss against Punjab Kings but came back strongly to beat Mumbai Indians in their next match.
Under Patidar, Bengaluru look a very solid and able team this season. In Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, they have two world-class Powerplay bowlers who can be very tricky on Chinnaswamy’s skiddy surface. The batting unit has also been up and running for the Men In Red & Gold. RCB are likely to remain unchanged for the match-up.
GT also clicked in the match against MI. Their openers Sai Sudharsan and Gill looked in good touch. The 2023 season title holders will expect the bowling unit to come good against RCB. Gujarat are also likely to play the same XI.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, R Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Shahrukh Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Nishant Sindhu, Kulwant Khejroliya, Gerald Coetzee, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Gurnoor Brar, Karim Janat.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara.
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