Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar and Chennai Super Kings captain M S Dhoni, during toss ahead of the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
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Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League match on Saturday (May 3, 2025).
CSK retained their previous match playing XI for this contest while RCB replaced Josh Hazlewood with Lungi Ngidi.
RCB will look to bolster their standing in the IPL points table while CSK are already out of contention for the playoffs. RCB had beaten CSK by 50 runs in Chennai in their earlier match in the tournament.
The Teams
RCB: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma (w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal.
CSK: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.
Published – May 03, 2025 07:29 pm IST