RCB Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Mumbai Indians in the first match of IPL 2021. The match is being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Chris Lynn & Marco Jensen are making their debut for the Mumbai Indians' team, while Glenn Maxwell is debuting for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.  

Playing XI of both teams are as follows: 

Mumbai Indians (MI) - Rohit Sharma(c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Marco Jansen, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers(w), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal

MI have won 17 matches in head to head encounters with RCB in 27 matches.