Royal Challengers Bangalore fans were in for a surprise on Thursday as Virat Kohli came out for the toss in the game against Punjab Kings in IPL 2023. Kohli is filling in for regular captain Faf du Plessis as the South African is nursing an injury he picked up in the game against Chennai Super Kings.
Meanwhile, PBKS won the toss and opted to field. Sam Curran continues to captain Punjab in absence of Shikhar Dhawan who is suffering from a shoulder injury.
Liam Livingstone is also back for Punjab as he gears up to play his first match of the season.
“Faf potentially can’t be fielding today, so he’ll be playing as an impact player, switching with Vyshak,” Kohli said at the toss.
RCB lost their last match against CSK and are currently eighth in the points table with just two wins from five matches.
“We got to do what we wanted, we would have batted first, the pitch could get slow, some scruff marks will help the bowlers going deep into the game. Taking one game at a time, focussing on our own game, make the most of crunch situations, we haven’t done that so far in the tournament,” Kohli added.
RCB playing XI: Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj
PBKS playing XI: Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
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