Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against Punjab Kings in the 48th match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
RCB is playing with an unchanged team from their last match while PBKS have made 3 changes - Harpreet Brar, Sarfaraz Khan & M Henriques have come in for Fabian Allen, Deepak Hooda & Nathan Ellis. Playing XI of both teams are:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, KS Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dan Christian, Wanindu Hasaranga/George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
Fantasy XI:
- Wicket Keeper: KL Rahul (C), KS Bharat
- Batters: V Kohli (VC), Shah Rukh Khan, D Padikkal
- All Rounders: G Maxwell, S Ahmed
- Bowlers: Y Chahal, H Patel, A Singh, R Bishnoi
