IPL 2021 MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli wins toss, opts to bowl; Jamieson makes his IPL debut, Lynn makes debut for Mumbai

Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the first game of the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against the Mumbai Indians. Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Rajat Patidar have been handed their debuts for the RCB. While Chris Lynn and Marco Jansen were making their debut for Mumbai Indians.

Kohli said that with the batting depth, they would prefer to chase. Like Kohli, Rohit also wanted to bowl first but was happy batting first given the strength of their side. Mumbai made three changes from their last game, i.e., the final of the last year's IPL.

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Marco Jansen.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(c), Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers(w), Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal.