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IPL-10: Gujarat opt to field against Bangalore

Posted on April 28, 2017 from Karnataka ι Report #120881

Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina won the toss and elected to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in an Indian Premier LEague (IPL) 2017 encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday.

The hosts made two changes with Travis Head and Aniket Choudhary replacing England pacer Tymal Mills, who has a niggle and all-rounder Stuart Binny.

Gujarat, on the other hand, made three changes with James Faulkner, Ishan Kishan and Ankit Soni replacing Akshdeep Nath, Dwayne Smith and Shubham Agarwal.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (Captain), Mandeep Singh, AB de Villiers, Travis Head, Kedar Jadhav (WK), Pawan Negi, Samuel Badree, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary.

Gujarat Lions: Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (Captain), Dinesh Karthik(WK), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Andrew Tye, Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni.

--IANS

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