IPL 2022: GT vs RCB Toss, Playing 11 Update, Pitch Report, Pre-Match Comments

At
present,
the
GT
are
table
toppers
with
14
points
and
a
win
on
this
day
will
propel
them
very
close
to
the
IPL
2022
playoff
berth
with
16
points,
a
virtual
assurance
point
for
them
to
advance
to
the
knockouts.

At
the
other
end,
RCB
too
will
need
a
win
to
remain
in
the
mix
for
a
playoff
berth
as
they
now
have
10
points
from
9
matches
and
two
points
are
quite
significant
for
them.

Here
are
details
of
GT
vs
RCB
match
such
as
toss,
playing
11,
pitch
report
and
players’
comments.

Toss:
RCB
win
toss,
elect
to
bat
first

Playing
11

Royal
Challengers
Bengalore:
Faf
du
Plessis
(c),
Virat
Kohli,
Rajat
Patidar,
Glenn
Maxwell,
Dinesh
Karthik
(wk),
Shahbaz
Ahmed,
Mahipal
Lomror
(replaces
Suyansh
Prabhudesai),
Wanindu
Hasaranga,
Harshal
Patel,
Mohammed
Siraj,
Josh
Hazlewood.

Gujarat
Titans:
Shubman
Gill,
Wriddhiman
Saha
(w),
Hardik
Pandya
(c),
B
Sai
Sudharsan,
David
Miller,
Rahul
Tewatia,
Rashid
Khan,
Pradeep
Sangwan,
Alzarri
Joseph,
Lockie
Ferguson,
Mohammed
Shami.

Captains’
comments

Faf
du
Plessis,
RCB
Captain:
“We
are
going
to
break
the
trend
and
have
a
bat
first.
Obviously
it
is
a
day
game,
heat
is
one
factor
and
I
find
that
when
you
field
first
the
boys
are
cooked
by
the
time
it
is
our
turn
to
bat.
But
hopefully
the
wicket
will
get
little
bit
slower.
Couple
of
games
in
the
tournament
does
not
make
you
a
bad
team.

There
is
still
some
high
class
quality
players,
so
keep
trusting
them
and
knowing
things
will
change
around
the
corner.
With
experience
you
know
that
the
answer
does
not
lie
in
the
nets,
it
is
just
clarity
in
your
own
mind
and
calmness.
One
change
–
we
have
a
leftie

(Mahipal
Lomror)
coming
in.

Hardik
Pandya,
GT
Captain:
“To
be
honest
when
I
went
to
have
a
few
knocks
I
thought
I
have
come
a
long
way.
2015
when
it
all
started
and
today
leading
the
side,
proud
of
myself.
We
would
have
liked
to
bat
first
as
well
because
of
the
heat.

The
wicket
won’t
change
much.
It
is
just
about
how
we
manage
our
intensity
and
don’t
get
overcooked.
The
boys
had
a
couple
of
hits
and
it
was
all
about
recovery.

We
have
made
two
changes,
one
forced
as

Yash
Dayal
has
a
niggle,

Pradeep
Sangwan
comes
in
and

for
Abhinav
Manohar,
Sai
Sudarshan
comes
in.”

Pitch
report

Matthew
Hayden
to
Star
Sports:
“This
is
a
huge
ground;
79
meters
one
side,
69
on
the
other
and
82
downtown.
Plenty
of
big
pockets
and
there’s
a
lot
of
wind
coming
on
as
well.
RCB
were
blown
away
last
time
at
this
ground
by
fast
bowlers.
There
was
good
bounce
and
seam.

Today
being
a
day
game
there
won’t
be
much
movement.
The
spin
bowlers
are
in
the
game
today.
It
is
a
good
batting
track.
It
hasn’t
got
a
lot
of
rough
and
has
nice
covering
grass.
203
is
the
average
winning
first
innings
total.”