Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to field against Deccan Chargers in the IPL clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
Deccan Chargers, who lost both their previous matches, made two changes, bringing in Sunny Sohal in place of Ishant Jaggi and Manpreet Gony for Pragyan Ojha.
For Bangalore, South African all-rounder Johan van der Wath comes in for Dirk Nannes, who got injured during the game against Mumbai, while Sreenath Aravind and Ryan Ninan have replaced Mithun and Azad Pathan.
Vettori confirmed that Nannes will be out for at least two games.
The teams:
Deccan Chargers: Shikhar Dhawan, Sunny Sohal, Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Bharat Chipli, JP Duminy, Daniel Christian, D Ravi Teja, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Mayank Agarwal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Johan van der Wath, Ryan Ninan, Zaheer Khan, Daniel Vettori (capt), Sreenath Aravind.