IPL 2020, RCB vs KXIP Toss Update: Royal Challengers Bangalore Win Toss, Opt To Bat First Against Kings Eleven Punjab

IPL 2020, RCB vs KXIP Toss Update, IPL 2020 UAE: In the crucial match, RCB will aim to move up the points table and shelf themselves in the top half rank when they take on bottom-of-table team KXIP in the 31st match of the IPL2020 today.

RCB vs KXIP Toss Update: Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and opted to bat first against Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP) in Match 31 of the round robin league stage at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah (UAE). In the crucial match, RCB will aim to move up the points table and shelf themselves in the top half rank when they take on bottom-of-table team KXIP in the 31st match of the IPL 2020 today.

Virat Kohli wins the toss and #RCB will bat first against #KXIP at Sharjah.#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/akYXohimjf

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After winning the toss, RCB skipper Kohli said that his team will go on ground unchanged whereas KL Rahul-led Kings Eleven Punjab will have three changes in the game - Mandeep got injured yesterday, and Prabsimran and Mujeeb miss out. Gayle, Hooda and Ashwin come in. When the two teams last met at Dubai around a week back, Kings Eleven Punjab thumped RCB by 97 runs. Meanwhile, KXIP's win against Kohli and Co. happens to be thier only win of the season before enduring a 5-match losing streak. Can the 'Universal Boss' Chris Gayle change KXIP's dwindling fortunes and help his team stay afloat against the 'Red and Black'  Brigade. The action gets underway at the batting heaven at Sharjah in a few minutes from now. Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal