Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League 2024.
“The cloud cover is the reason behind our decision. Mitchell Santner is playing in place of Moeen Ali,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said.
Faf du Plessis would have bowled first as well.
CSK: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 Mitchell Santner, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Tushar Deshpande, 11 Simarjeet Singh
RCB: 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 Rajat Patidar, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Mahipal Lomror, 8 Yash Dayal, 9 Karn Sharma, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Lockie Ferguson