IPL 2021: After delay due to Sharjah storm, CSK win toss and opt to bowl first against RCB

After the toss being delayed due to a sand storm in Sharjah, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) be in Phase 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.

While CSK goes in with the same team, RCB makes two changes - Tim David and Navdeep Saini come in place of Sachin Baby and Kyle Jamieson.

Squads:

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sandstorm Alert

Toss delayed in Sharjah by 10 mins! #VIVOIPL #RCBvCSK pic.twitter.com/tERTPwrpGx

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CSK, who are currently second on the points table, will look to overcome their Sharjah scare and win against RCB in Phase 2 of the IPL 2021.

CSK won their first game of the second half of 2021 edition against Mumbai Indians (MI) while Royal Challengers Bangalore were completely outplayed by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their first game after the resumption.