IPL 2017:RPS vs RCB Match 34: Bangalore win the toss and elect to field first

Pune, April 29: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first against Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the match 34 of IPL 2017.

Home side RPS are currently placed fourth in the points table with 8 points from 8 matches, while the visitors RCB are struggling at the second last position with just 5 points from 9 matches.

It is a must win match for the men in red as yet another defeat will virtually shatter their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.

Pune too will be eyeing a win and continue their good form. A win would take further up in the table keep them in a comfortable position in the race for playoffs.

Squads

Rising Pune Supergiant: Steve Smith (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni



(wicketkeeper), Ashok Dinda, Faf du Plessis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Dan Christian, Lockie Ferguson, Imran Tahir, Jaskaran Singh, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Kumar, Ben Stokes, Washington Sundar, Milind Tandon, Manoj Tiwary, Adam Zampa, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishwar Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Shardul Thakur.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Vishnu Vinod (wicketkeeper), Sreenath Arvind, Kedar Jadhav (wicketkeeper), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Samuel Badree, Iqbal Abdulla, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Avesh Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tymal Mills, Aniket Chaudhary, Praveen Dubey, Billy Stanlake, Harpreet Singh.