Bangalore have brought back AB de Villiers and Samuel Badree in place of Travis Head and Shane Watson.
The hosts have made one change, replacing Shakib Al Hasan with Kiwi all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme.
A spell of shower delayed the start of the match by 30 minutes.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Tymal Mills, Sreenath Aravind, Samuel Badree and Yuzvendra Chahal.