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IPL 2025, CSK vs RCB: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League contest here on Friday.

Both CSK and RCB are coming off wins in their respective season-opening matches.

CSK made one change to their playing eleven, bringing in Matheesha Pathirana in place of Nathan Ellis. For RCB, Bhuvneshwar Kumar came in for Rasikh Salam Dar.

Bhuvneshwar has had a brief involvement with Royal challenging Bangalore, having played one match for them in the Champions League, while he has never actually played for RCB in the IPL.

Acquired for a whopping sum of INR 10.75 crore in the IPL auction, Bhuvneshwar was ruled out of the RCB season opener against Kolkata Knight Riders with a minor injury.

“We had decided to bowl first. It will not make much difference, the surface looks hard, we will try to put up a total and keep them under pressure. The boys did well in the last game. We have to be at our best in every game and we will try to do that today also. The bowling unit after 13 overs.. the way they came back was amazing to see, the intent shown by the batting side was good. It is one of the biggest games in the league because of the fans it makes it fun and exciting. One change - Bhuvi comes in for Rasikh,” RCB captain Rajat Patidar said after the toss.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.