KXIP Elect to Chase, RCB’s Dale Steyn Ruled Out Due to Injury

Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru.
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Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru.
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Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru.

The home team, however, suffered a big setback with Dale Steyn ruled out of the match due to an injury.Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) skipper Ravichandran Ashwin won the toss and opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.

KXIP made two changes to their playing XI from the last game as Nicholas Pooran and Ankit Rajpoot came in for Sam Curran and Harpreet Brar. Hosts Bangalore also made as many changes in their playing eleven as Tim Southee and Washington Sundar replaced Dale Steyn and Pawan Negi.

Kings XI Punjab XI: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardus Viljoen, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami.

Royal Challengers Bangalore XI: Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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Published: 24 Apr 2019,07:36 PM IST

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