Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play its first home match of the IPL 2025 season at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium when it takes on Gujarat Titans on Wednesday.
Here is how the two teams are likely to line up for the match:
RCB Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Bowling 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
Impact Player options: Rasikh Salam, Devdutt Padikkal/ Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Swastik Chhikara, Jacob Bethell.
GT Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Sherfane Rutherford, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R. Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada
Bowling 1st: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R. Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna
Impact Player options: Sherfane Rutherford/ Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Ishant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar
RCB vs GT Dream11 fantasy team picks
WICKETKEEPERS
Phil Salt, Jos Buttler
BATTERS
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill
ALL ROUNDERS
Krunal Pandya
BOWLERS
Rashid Khan, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, R Sai Kishore
Team Composition: RCB 5-6 GT| Credits Left: 7.5
SQUADS
RCB: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.r, Suryakumar Yadav.
GT: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Glenn Phillips, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan, Karim Janat, Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mohammed Siraj