Royal Challenger Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 52nd match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Both teams are playing an unchanged side from their respective last matches. Playing XI of both teams are:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, Srikar Bharat, George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Umran Malik

Fantasy XI:

• Wicket Keeper: KS Bharat
• Batters: Ab de Villiers, V Kohli (C), K Williamson (VC), A Samad
• All Rounders: G Maxwell, A Sharma
• Bowlers: S Kaul, Y Chahal, H Patel, Rashid Khan