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29th April 2016

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

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3.30pm Virat Kohli has called correctly and RCB are bowling.

Virat Kohli - The wicket tends to play well under lights. We got to make use of whatever we can get out of it in the day. We got to take it in our stride, nothing is impossible. We have the team to win five out of five. It's important to come out and have fun, not take too much pressure of the Playoffs. Gayle, Mandeep and Aniket are out, Adam Milne, Sachin Baby and Stuart Binny come in.

Steven Smith - I don't think dew will come into play because it finishes early. Another opportunity today, hopefully, we can do well. We probably haven't put together a whole team performance yet. Stokes is not quite right just yet. Shardul Thakur is out and Deepak Chahar comes in. Lockie Ferguson replaces Faf.

Here are the XIs -

Rising Pune Supergiant - Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith (capt), MS Dhoni (wk), Manoj Tiwary, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Lockie Ferguson, Jaydev Unadkat, Imran Tahir

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Virat Kohli (capt), Travis Head, AB de Villiers, Kedar Jadhav (wk), Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Adam Milne, Samuel Badree, S Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal