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Salt injured, RCB gave chance to Bethel, Gujarat Titans also made two changes
Samira Vishwas | April 25, 2026 1:24 PM CST

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) are clashing in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In this match being played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, RCB has won the toss and decided to bowl first.

 

At the time of the toss, host team captain Rajat Patidar told that Phil Salt is not playing today’s match due to injury. He has been replaced by Jacob Bethel. Bethel will play its first match of this season. He made headlines by scoring a century against India in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2026.

 

GT also made two changes

Gujarat Titans team is coming with two changes. Glenn Phillips has been shown the door. Jason Holder has entered in his place. At the same time, off-spinner Manav Suthar has got a chance in place of fast bowler Ashok Sharma.

Both teams have eyes on victory

Both RCB and GT are coming after losing their previous matches. In such a situation, both the teams will be desperate to get back on the winning track. RCB is in third place with 8 points from 6 matches. GT has 6 points. He is at seventh position.

 

Last league match in Chinnaswamy

RCB team is coming to play the last league match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After this she will play all the matches outside the home. It will play its two home matches in Raipur. Two playoff matches including the final are to be held in Bengaluru. The defending champion team would like to depart with a win in front of its home crowd.

Playing XI of both the teams:

Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.

 

Impact Player Options – Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan
 

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salaam Dar.

 

Impact Player Options – Jacob Bethel, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer


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