Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 39th Match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
The big news is Hardik Pandya has come in for MI in place of Saurabh Tiwary. RCB have made 3 changes - Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian and Shahbaz Ahmed have come in place of Wanindu Hasaranga, Tim David and Navdeep Saini. Playing XI of both teams are:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult