Jaipur | Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl first against hosts Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
RCB fielded an unchanged side while RR replaced Fazalhaq Farooqi with Sri Lankan middle-order batter Wanindu Hasaranga in their playing XI.
The Teams:
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c/wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande/Kumar Kartikeya, Sandeep Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his second half-century of the season and shared two fruitful partnerships with skipper Sanju Samson and Young Riyan Parag as Rajasthan Royals scored 173 for 4 in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Jaiswal scored 75 off 47 deliveries, sharing an opening-wicket stand of 49 with Samson (15) and a 56-run partnership with young Parag (30) to lead RR's charge on home ground, where the ball remained low and came slow.
He struck 10 fours and 2 sixes before getting out LBW to Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood.
Dhruv Jurel then made 35 off 23 balls to guide RR to a decent total on this track.
Earlier, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl first.
RCB fielded an unchanged side while RR replaced Fazalhaq Farooqi with Sri Lankan middle-order batter Wanindu Hasaranga in their playing XI.
Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 173 for 4 in 20 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 75, Riyan Parag 30, Dhruv Jurel 35 not out).
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals here on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals:
Yashasvi Jaiswal lbw b Hazlewood 75
Sanju Samson st Sharma b Pandya 15
Riyan Parag c Kohli b Yash Dayal 30
Dhruv Jurel not out 35
Shimron Hetmyer c Padikkal b Kumar 9
Nitish Rana not out 4
Extras: (LB-3, W-2) 5
Total: (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 173
Fall of wickets: 1/49 2/105 3/126 4/169
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-32-1, Yash Dayal 4-0-36-1, Josh Hazlewood 3-0-26-1, Krunal Pandya 4-0-29-1, Liam Livingstone 1-0-8-0, Suyash Sharma 4-0-39-0. More
