Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in their Indian Premier League clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chhinnaswamy Stadium here today.
The Royal Challengers have left out Asad Pathan, and brought in Cheteshwar Pujara in his place, while Kochi outfit have brought in Ramesh Powar to replace S Sreesanth.
The Teams:
Bangalore Royal Challengers: Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Saurabh Tiwary, Daniel Vettori (capt), Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth Aravind, Abhimanyu Mithun.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Michael Klinger, Brendon McCullum, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Parthiv Patel, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Raiphi Gomez, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, Prasanth Parameswaran.