Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Titans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.RCB suffered a major blow as their opener Phil Salt was unavailable for the match due to injury and was replaced by Jacob Bethel in the team.For Gujarat Titans, Jason Holder came and made his debut for Gujarat Titans.“I think it will be the first pitch of the bowl. And as you all know, the chase gives us a lot of clarity about the result, the score and the total. One change – Salty is injured, Bethel is in. I think a very good point that I like is that we’re looking at the wicket this year and taking a good look at the situation. And of course there’s a lot of planning behind it. It is very clear. Whenever you come here to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, it is a good wicket to bat on. But I think there is no grass on it, so the first innings might be a bit difficult,” Rajat Patidar said on the toss. Meanwhile, GT captain Shibman Gill said, “Usually on this ground, the chasing teams have had good success. But I think it looks like an even wicket. So hopefully it will be a good game for us outside the leg stump. Honestly, not really, it’s all about predicting the situation early. And if you think I can challenge you to build on that strength. If you do well, just go for it.” stay Such games can happen in such a big tournament (on the match against MI). But I think it’s important to keep reminding ourselves of the things that bring us the best success and the best results as a team. And those are the things we’re focusing on outside the leg stump. We have some changes. Jason Holder comes in, he’s making his debut for us. And Manu Sathar returns.”TeamsGujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (capt), Jos Buttler (w), Washington Sundar, Shah Rukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rahul Tiotia, Rashid Khan, Manav Sothar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad SirajRoyal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat KohliDev Dutt Padikal, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (W), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Karunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rashikh Salamdar
