IPL: No Phil Salt for RCB as Rajat Patidar opts to field first vs Gujarat Titans - check full playing XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to field first vs Gujarat Titans at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. In a big blow to RCB, their opener Phil Salt was not available for the match due to injury and Jacob Bethell came into the side in his place. For Gujarat Titans, Jason Holder came in and made his Gujarat Titans debut.
" I just feel this will be a bowl-first pitch. And as you all know, chasing gives us a lot of clarity about the result, the score and the total. One change - Salty got injured, Bethell is in.
I think one great point that I like is that we are assessing the wicket and assessing the situation pretty well this year. And of course, there’s a lot of planning behind it. t’s pretty obvious.
Whenever you come here at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, it’s a good wicket to bat on. But I think there’s no grass on it, so first innings it might be tacky a bit," Rajat Patidar said at the toss.
Meanwhile, GT skipper Shubman Gill said, "Generally on this ground, teams that have been chasing have had good success. But I think this looks like an even wicket. So hopefully it’outside the leg-stump be a good game for us.