IPL 2017: Match 38:MI vs RCB : Bangalore win toss and decide to bat first

Mumbai, May 1: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the match 38 of IPL 2017.

Mumbai Indians have the golden chance of going past Kolkata Knight Riders and reach the top of the table if they manage to win against RCB.

Bangalore, on the other hand, have practically nothing to lose as they are already knocked out of the competition after their defeat against RPS on Saturday (April 29).

Virat Kohli's men will be playing for pride and would at least want to win their last 4 matches and bow out with their heads held high.

The last time these two teams clashed, the match turned out to be a very exciting. Mumbai won the encounter after losing 4 wickets within



10 runs.

Mumbai Indians made just one change, Harbhajan Singh missed out due to injury, Karn Sharma replaced him in the starting XI.

RCB made 3 changes in their starting XI, Aniket Choudhary came in for Stuart Binny, Shane Watson for Samuel Badree and Mandeep Sing in for Sachin Baby.

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Mitchell McClenghan, Nitish Rana, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jos Buttler, Karn Sharma.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Sreenath Arvind, Kedar Jadhav (wicketkeeper), Shane Watson, Travis Head, Aniket Chaudhary, Pawan Negi.