IPL 2023 | RCB win toss, opt to bowl against SRH
The Hindu
Royal Challengers Bangalore face Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial game for reaching the playoffs
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial IPL match here on Thursday.
Harry Brook and Kartik Tyagi came back in the XI for SRH, who also handed a debut to batting all-rounder Nitish Reddy.
RCB are fielded an unchanged XI.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.