Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 35th Match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

RCB has made two changes. Much hyped Tim David makes his debut as he replaces Kyle Jamieson. Navdeep Saini will add extra pace to the squad as Sachin Baby misses out. Chennai Super Kings are playing an unchanged side. Playing XI of both teams are:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood