RCB opts to bowl first against Sunrisers; Mills, Rashid make their IPL debuts

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New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first in the inaugural match of the tenth season of IPL in Hyderabad. 

Shane Watson who is leading the side in the absence of injured Virat Kohli said his team is comfortable chasing. 

England all-rounder Tymal Mills is making his debut for RCB. 

In the absence of De Villiers and Kohli, it will be upto Gayle and Watson to provide stability to the batting line up.

David Warner also wanted to bat first on a track which doesn’t appear to be changing much.

Afghanistan leggie Rashid will make his debut for the defending champions. 

RCB Team: CH Gayle, Mandeep Singh, SR Watson*, KM Jadhav†, Sachin Baby, TM Head, STR Binny, TS Mills, S Aravind, A Choudhary, YS Chahal

SRH team: DA Warner*, S Dhawan, BCJ Cutting, MC Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, DJ Hooda, NV Ojha†, Bipul Sharma, B Kumar, A Nehra, Rashid Khan