RCB vs KKR Toss Win: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first. Both teams made one major change to their playing eleven.

Royal Challengers Bangalore to bowl first

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to bowl first. Seeing the condition of the pitch after the rain, Ajinkya Rahane said that had he won the toss, he too would have decided to chase. Both teams have decided to make one change each to their playing eleven.

RCB have included Venkatesh Iyer in the playing XI, leaving Romario Shepherd out of the playing XI. Meanwhile, Kolkata will be without Varun Chakravarthy due to an injury. Saurabh Dubey has replaced him in the playing XI.

RCB Playing XI: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli , Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood

KKR Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi

The match started late

The toss for this match, being played in Raipur, was delayed due to rain. Usually, the toss takes place at 7 p.m., but this match took place at 8:30 p.m., delaying the start by one hour and 15 minutes.

It's crucial for both teams to win this match. On one side is Kolkata Knight Riders, who will settle for nothing less than victory, as losing today would severely jeopardize their playoff hopes. Meanwhile, Bengaluru will not want to be caught up in the ifs and buts of a playoff berth after losing.