IPL 2025 ke ek aur dhamakedar mukable mein, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke captain Rajat Patidar ne toss jeeta aur Punjab Kings (PBKS) ke khilaaf pehle bowling karne ka faisla kiya. Match Mullanpur ke Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium mein khela ja raha hai.
RCB ne ek zabardast change kiya hai – England ke star all-rounder Liam Livingstone ko bench par bitha diya gaya hai unki kharab form ke chalte. Unki jagah Caribbean power-hitter Romario Shepherd ko team mein shamil kiya gaya hai.
“Hum pehle bowling karenge. Wicket theek lag rahi hai, zyada farak nahi padega. Dusre innings mein clarity milegi pitch ke behavior ko leke. Hum venues pe focus nahi kar rahe, sirf accha cricket khelna chahte hain. Shepherd aaya hai Livi ki jagah,”
– Rajat Patidar, Toss ke baad
Dusri taraf, PBKS ke captain Shreyas Iyer ne apne winning combination ko chhedne se mana kar diya, matlab Glenn Maxwell ko ek aur baar bench par hi baithna padega.
“Hum bhi bowling karna chahte the. Lekin situation ke hisaab se adapt karna zaroori hai. Ye humara pehla afternoon match hai, toh thoda waqt denge game ko samajhne mein. Umeed hai ek accha score banayenge. Crowd ka pichle match mein support lajawab tha. Same team se utar rahe hain,”
– Shreyas Iyer, Toss ke waqt
PBKS vs RCB Playing XIs
RCB Playing XI:
- Philip Salt
- Virat Kohli
- Rajat Patidar (c)
- Jitesh Sharma (wk)
- Tim David
- Krunal Pandya
- Romario Shepherd
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Suyash Sharma
- Josh Hazlewood
- Yash Dayal
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
PBKS Playing XI:
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Priyansh Arya
- Shreyas Iyer (c)
- Josh Inglis (wk)
- Nehal Wadhera
- Shashank Singh
- Marcus Stoinis
- Marco Jansen
- Xavier Bartlett
- Arshdeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey
Toh kya RCB ka yeh bold move kaam karega? Ya PBKS fir se apne home crowd ke saamne chha jayegi? Stay tuned for more updates from IPL 2025!
