Rajat Patidar has been named inside the Impact Player document in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his absence, Jitesh Sharma has been named the captain of the crew. Meanwhile, Mayank Agarwal returned to RCB having fun with XI after 12 years.

Lucknow:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar hasn’t been named inside the having fun with XI in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad inside the ongoing IPL 2025. In his absence, Jitesh Sharma has been named as a result of the chief. Notably, Rajat suffered an hurt in his hand all through the match in opposition to Chennai Super Kings earlier inside the season and to take care of him modern ahead of the playoffs, the RCB administration decided to play him as an Impact Substitute.

Speaking on foremost the crew for the first time, Jitesh acknowledged that the intention is to finish the season on excessive of the elements desk. He educated of bowling first in opposition to SRH and talked in regards to the crew ambiance is sweet ahead of the playoffs.

“It’s my first time captaining RCB. I captained PBKS against SRH last year. We are thinking to bowl first, want to take most of the surface from the moisture. We are looking forward to finish the league on top of the table and enter the playoffs. The management has taken care of the players. We have a good atmosphere and culture. We want to win every game and win the cup. Rajat Patidar is the impact player,” Jitesh talked about after the toss.

On the alternative hand, Mayank Agarwal returned to RCB’s having fun with XI for the first time in 12 years. The veteran batter was part of the squad from 2011 to 2013, sooner than switching to Delhi Capitals. He finally went unsold inside the IPL 2025 mega-auction nonetheless after Devdutt Padikkal was dominated out of the match, RCB signed him for the remainder of the season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Jitesh Sharma (wk/c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga