"Pain will never end for RCB fans" - Twitterati slams RCB for their team selection for MI match

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) face off in the 39th game of IPL 2021 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium today.

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field first. After missing the last two games, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is back in the playing XI for the five-time IPL champions.

Meanwhile, RCB team management dropped Navdeep Saini, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Tim David from their playing XI and replaced them with Shahbaz Ahmed, Dan Christian and Kyle Jamieson.

Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Fans were excited to witness the clash between the teams led by two heavyweights of the Indian cricket team in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. They took to Twitter to show their anticipation through interesting tweets.

RCB is still about individual brilliance: Aakash Chopra

Former Indian opening batter Aakash Chopra has opined that RCB is still heavily reliant on individual performances and is failing to pull off collective performances.

Ahead of RCB's clash against Mumbai Indians, Aakash Chopra previewed the Bangalore side on his YouTube channel and said:

So far, both teams have suffered two losses in the second half. They will be desperate to win this contest.

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