IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore win toss, opt to bowl first and bring in Kane Richardson

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against the Rajasthan Royals in Match No 16 of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). RCB skipper Virat Kohli said that having seen the past few games at the Wankhede Stadium, chasing is the best option whether there's dew or not. He said that he was confident that they can chase anything down.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson, on the other hand, whose team has batted second in all their three games said that batting first will be a good experience for their batsmen.

Both teams made one change each. While RCB brought in Australian pacer Kane Richardson in place of Rajat Patidar, the Royals brought in RCB's nemesis Shreyas Gopal in place of Jaydev Unadkat.

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman