Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to field first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL 2019 match today at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.


Desperate for their first win in the tournament, both sides made a few changes to their playing XI.

RCB brought in Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who arrived in the country only last night. Right-arm fast bowler Navdeep Saini too made a comeback to the side in place of 16-year-old leggie Prayas Ray Barman.




UP captain Akshdeep Nath was brought in to the side in place of Shivam Dube.

For the hosts, Sanju Samson misses out due to an injury and has been replaced by Stuart Binny. They have dropped Jaydev Unadkat and brought in Varun Aaron.

Royal Challengers Bangalore(Playing XI): Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler, 3 Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, K Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron and Dhawal Kulkarni.