The 44th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) will witness Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locking horns with each other at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) in a short while from now.

RCB skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first against Chennai Super Kings at Dubai. RCB have made one change to their Playing XI,  Moeen Ali replaces Isuru Udana.

CSK have made two changes to their team. Mitchell Santner and Monu Kumar replace Josh Hazlewood and Shardul Thakur in the Playing XI.

RCB will look to become the first team to book a playoff spot by clinching a win against struggling CSK who are placed rock bottom in the points table.

Kohli and his Red Brigade come into the contest on the back of a massive 8-wicket win over KKR. CSK were handed a 10-wicket trouncing by defending champions Mumbai Indians.

With nothing much to loose in a campaign that look all but over, Dhoni-led CSK would now want to end on a high before bowing out of the tournament.

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Here is what the skippers had to say after the toss

Virat Kohli: We will bat first. It's pretty dry, rough. It's interesting when the weather was hot the pitches weren't playing well. The temperatures have dropped now but it's slowing down. Moeen Ali replaces Isuru Udana as a spinner all-rounder, just one change. This green gesture is special for RCB.

MS Dhoni: We would have loved to bat first as well, same reason, it's a used wicket. Mathematically we still have a chance, but you have to think how we have done in this season. 4-5 games prior we just took one game at a time and not worry about the points table. If we win it will take care of itself. We are looking at faces who haven't got chances. Santner, Monu come in for Josh and Shardul.

Here are the playing eleven for the two teams

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Monu Kumar