Today in the 53rd Match of Vivo Indian Premier Legue 2018 will lock the clash between Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Meanwhile Kohali won the toss and elected to feild first.

Pitch report now

It's dry, will take spin. So the skipper winning the toss shouldn't be indecisive to bat first, said Graeme Smith.

It is noted that Royals, meanwhile, will be without Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, the man who they will miss mainly, through his IPL development - five half-centuries in a row to keep them active in the survival of playoffs race. Worth mention here he’s earned a recall to England's Test team, a prospect not several anticipated.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals (From): Rahul Tripathi, D Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ankit Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera

Royal Challengers Bangalore (From): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Quinton de Kock, Chris Woakes, Manan Vohra, Brendon McCullum, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Corey Anderson, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande