Gujarat to bowl against desperate RCB, Faulkner, Kishan return

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New Delhi: Gujarat Lions won the toss and opted to field first in a crucial IPL encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru.

Previous match being a washout, this becomes a do or die fixture for the hosts and captain Virat does not want to leave any stones unturned. He has brought in Travis Head to strengthen their batting order in place of England’s Tymal Mills, who missed out because of back a back injury. 

Rajasthan medium pacer Aniket Choudhary comes in place of Stuart Binny.

For Gujarat, there are two changes. James Faulkner and Ishan Kishan have been drafted in place of Dwayne Smith and Akshdeep Nath.

Teams:

RCB XI: C Gayle, V Kohli, M Singh, AB de Villiers, TM Head, K Jadhav, A Choudhary, P Negi, S Badree, S Aravind, Y Chahal

GL XI: B McCullum, A Finch, S Raina, D Karthik, I Kishan, R Jadeja, J Faulkner, A Tye, B Thampi, N Singh, A Soni