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The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the last league game of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, May 21. The fact that the last match of the league stage will decide who takes the fourth playoff spot is a good indication of how closely matched the teams have been.
Bangalore have the big advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do to qualify for the playoffs. However, it won’t be easy against defending champions and table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT), who will be keen to end their impressive league campaign on a high.
In their previous match, RCB hammered the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets as Virat Kohli notched up a record-equaling sixth IPL ton while Faf du Plessis carried on his great form. GT also go into the match having defeated SRH by 34 runs in their previous game.
Today's RCB vs GT toss result
GT have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. Speaking about the decision, Hardik Pandya said:
“Looks like a good track. With the weather around, we just want to know how much we are going to chase.”
Gujarat are going in with the same team. For RCB, Karn Sharma misses out and Himanshu Sharma comes in.
RCB vs GT - Today's match playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Himanshu Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
Bangalore subs: Himanshu Sharma, S Prabhudesai, Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Akash Deep
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Dasun Shanaka, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Yash Dayal
Gujarat subs: Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar
Today’s RCB vs GT pitch report
The Chinnaswamy surface has usually produced good surfaces for batting. Teams batting first have done well in recent matches, but with the weather around, things are expected to be different.
Today’s RCB vs GT match players list
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
Gujarat Titans squad: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel
RCB vs GT - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma
TV umpire: Tapan Sharma
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath
