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RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in their first home match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season on Monday.

Bangalore have made no changes in their playing 11 despite facing a loss in the tournament opener against defending champions Chennai Super Kings.

"We are going to have a bowl. It looks a pretty good wicket but also because of the way our team is set up. The boys are excited for the season. In any game of cricket you can't have clusters of wickets and we have to improve on that. Same team and one or two options on changing the substitutions," Plessis said at the toss.

On the other hand, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan has also opted for the same 11 after starting the tournament with a win against Delhi Capitals in Mohali.

"We would have bowled first. But looking forward to batting first now. We did a lot of right things in the first game and that's why we ended up on the winning side. We have to keep improving each game. Same team," Dhawan said.

RCB vs PBKS Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh.

Punjab Kings Subs: Arshdeep Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa.