Jaipur: On a wicket which could be affected by dew, Shane Warne won the toss and decided to bat first. “It’s a good surface, and the ball will come on to the bat quite well. The boys are hungry for a win and want to bounce back, so we hope to come out on top of this one,” he said.
The veteran Aussie added that his squad had never lost defending a total of 150 or higher. “Statistics wise, we should have batted first. Pitch wise, we should have bowled first. I’ll go with the statistics,” he said. The Rajasthan Royals have made two changes to their side, bringing in Amit Paunikar in place of Faiz Fazal and Kamran Khan for Aditya Dole.
Anil Kumble agreed with Shane Warne about the toss. “Yes, it’s a good surface; it has quite a bit of grass. The ball will skid and come on to the bat, and there will be quite a bit of dew as well in the latter part of the game, so we hope to do well in all three departments of the game,” he said.
He added that his side was quite experienced, so he was hoping for them to come good and play a good game of cricket. The Royal Challengers Bangalore have brought in Pankaj Singh in place of KP Appanna and Kevin Pietersen in place of Cameron White.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
Anil Kumble (c), Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Kevin Pietersen, Robin Uthappa (wk), Ross Taylor, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, R Vinay Kumar, KP Appanna, Dale Steyn, Pankaj Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Shane Warne (c), Michael Lumb, Naman Ojha (wk), Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Abhishek Raut, Adam Voges, Siddharth Trivedi, Amit Paunikar, Kamran Khan
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