🏏IPL 2025 - Match 65: RCB vs SRH on 23rd May 2025 at Lucknow 🏏 - Page 4

Update: Travis Head looks fit and we will be a part of today's fixture. Can see him out in the middle having a hit in the nets...

Not long before the toss. Neeraj informs that Ngidi, Dayal, Shepherd have marked their run-ups.

Shiv14: "tough calls for RCB to make Bethell/Salt? Does Mayank come in?"

Mustafa Moudi : "With RCB's strong Away Record, Its a Blessing (Not Muzarabani) in disguise that all their Home Matches are now shifted outside Bangalore. Krunal Pandya will now take care of these matches !!"

Pitch report: "Welcome to Lucknow, smile when you are in Lucknow as they say. We are on pitch no. 4. We have got a very heavily weighted bias towards one side, 60m to my left, 67m to my right and downtown 74m… gee that is not that big," Matthew Hayden says.

Here's Aaron Finch: "First thing that I notice looking at the pitch, it is an unusual in colour, it is very dark in colour. But, when you come down and have a look, there is a very decent matting of grass on it. It is a bit patchy in places, but underneath that, it is very very dry. What that tells me straight away is that the ball will grip in the surface. The spinners will like bowling on this surface. But also, the quicks, when they are looking to be defensive and taking the pace off the ball, expect [the ball] to hold in the surface and they might get some assistance. We know how much teams love chasing here. You need to get 180-plus if you bat first. But overall, the bias is towards batting second and chasing down the target. If you win the toss, put the opposition into bat. Let them make all the decisions on the surface and that's the unknown on a wicket you are not 100% convinced you can play through the line. You want the opposition to go through hard too early and make some mistakes."

RCB plz win this one

Patidar isn't leading the team today. Might play as impact player probably.. It's toss time as Jitesh Sharma is out in the middle alongside Pat Cummins..

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

Patidar could still come in as an Impact Player. Tails is the call from Cummins, it is a head .RCB will bowl first.

RCB won the toss and will bowl first.

Jitesh Sharma s the captain.

Mayank Aggarwal in the team.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

Jitesh Sharma: It's my first time captaining RCB. I captained PBKS against SRH last year. We are thinking to bowl first, want to take most of the surface from the moisture.

Jitesh Sharma: It's my first time captaining RCB. I captained PBKS against SRH last year. We are thinking to bowl first, want to take most of the surface from the moisture. We are looking forward to finish the league on top of the table and enter the playoffs. The management has taken care of the players.