Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma opted to bowl against the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL cricket match, here this evening.
While Chris Gayle is away on a paternity leave, RCB decided to make as many six changes. Opener Travis Head replaces Gayle while fast bowler Kane Richardson comes in place of David Wiese. Parveez Rasool makes way for Stuart Binny while Iqbal Abdullah comes in place of Yuzvendra Chahal.
India's fastest bowler Varun Aaron replaced military medium left-arm seamer Srinath Aravind. The sixth change is Lokesh Rahul replacing Kedar Jadhav.
Mumbai Indians have made only one change with Kieron Pollard back in the XI in place of Martin Guptill.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ambati Rayudu, Jos Buttler, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell McLenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Sarfaraz Khan, Travis Head, Kane Richardson, Stuart Binny, Lokesh Rahul (wk) Iqbal Abdullah, Varun Aaron, Hrashal Patel.
