Just In | Bangalore Make Tactical Changes; RR Drop Trent Boult For Wily Spinner
Boult got rid of Virat Kohli last time they met (AP Photo)
For the much-awaited clash between Rajasthan and Bangalore - which by all means in a quarterfinal for both sides - tons of changes have been made as they showcase their cards ahead of the do-or-die clash on Sunday at Jaipur. RCB have opted to drop Josh Hazlewood and Wanindu Hasaranga instead of Wayne Parnell and Michael Bracewell. Meanwhile, the Royals have gone with Adam Zampa instead of Trent Boult.
At Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the Faf du Plessis-led RCB will bat first as they won the toss against the Royals.
Apart from that couple of changes, the Royal Challengers have also made another notable change as they have brought the canny spinner Karn Sharma on the cost of Vijaykumar Vyshak.
However, Vyshak is a part of their Impact Player substitutes, alongside Suyash Prabhudessai, Finn Allen, Shahbaz Ahmed and Himanshu Sharma. Meanwhile, Rajasthan's five Impact Player subs are - Riyan Parag, Devdutt Padikkal, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Donovan Ferreira.
At toss time, skipper Sanju Samson stressed on the names of Padikkal and Parag as they named his team's Impact Players, meaning one of these two would come in as RR would look to chase in the second innings.
RR vs RCB - Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, KM Asif, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa
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