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Tim David Out As RCB Captain Jitesh Sharma Decides To Bowl Against Rishabh Pant's LSG

Aashay Chopade

Rishabh Pant and Jitesh Sharma at toss (Screengrab/Hotstar)Rishabh Pant and Jitesh Sharma at toss (Screengrab/Hotstar)

It is time for the final league game of IPL 2025, and it is Royal Challengers Bengaluru up against Lucknow Super Giants. It is an important game for RCB as a win would take them to the Qualifier 1, and they have won an important toss, electing to chase at the Ekana.

RCB Hand Debut To Nuwan Thushara With Top-2 Finish On Line

RCB have made two changes in their line-up, both of them have been forced. Tim David is out due to injury, and in his place, the Englishman, Liam Livingstone is back in the XI. Lungi Ngidi has left for national duties, and thus, Nuwan Thushara has been handed his RCB debut. 

Notably, Rajat Patidar is still not fit to lead RCB and has been included in the Impact Players List. LSG, on the other hand, have Digvesh Rathi back in the XI, while Matthew Breetzke gets his first game in place of injured Aiden Markram.

LSG vs RCB: Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (c & wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William O'Rourke

Impact Player Substitutions:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Swapnil Singh, Manoj S Bhandage, Rasikh Salam, Rajat Patidar, Tim Seifert

Lucknow Super Giants: Arshin Kulkarni, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav

RCB lost their last game by a big margin against Sunrisers Hyderbad while LSG registered a win against GT. So, LSG would be hoping to put up a big score on the board again, and spoil RCB's party who would have to play the Eliminator against MI if they lose this game.

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