Captains Shreyas Iyer, left, of PBKS and Rajat Patidar (RCB) at the toss. Photo: BCCI
PBKS vs RCB: Bengaluru opt to field in Mullanpur
Fifth-placed RCB has brought Romario Shepherd in place of Liam Livingstone
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to field against hosts Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their IPL 2025 match in Mullanpur on Sunday afternoon (April 20).
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Fifth-placed RCB has brought Romario Shepherd in place of Liam Livingstone.
PBKS, who are third on the points table, are unchanged.
On Friday (April 18), PBKS had beaten RCB at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. This was the Bengaluru franchise's third loss in a row at home this season.
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey.