Royal Challengers put Chargers into bat

Harjit Mehat | IPL Cricket Live

The Royal Challengers Bangalore will bowl first against the Deccan Chargers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad after Daniel Vettori won the toss

Having suffered a disappointing 9 wicket defeat against the Mumbai Indians on Tuesday night the visitors will be looking to bounce back against an under performing Chargers team which has never won an IPL game at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

The Royal Challengers have been forced into one changed which see’s Johan van der Wath replace the injured Dirk Nannes in the line up.

The 2009 champions have had an awful start to this years tournament and go into tonight’s game in vital need of a victory after defeats against the Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knights Riders.

As a result of their opening two defeats the Chargers have dropped Pragyan Ojha and Ishant Jaggi and replaced them with Sunny Sohel and Manpreet Gony.

Deccan Chargers team - S Dhawan, S Sohal, KC Sangakkara*†, B Chipli, JP Duminy, DT Christian, DB Ravi Teja, A Mishra, DW Steyn, I Sharma, MS Gony.

Royal Challengers Bangalore team - MA Agarwal, TM Dilshan, V Kohli, AB de Villiers†, SS Tiwary, CA Pujara, JJ van der Wath, R Ninan, Z Khan, DL Vettori*, S Aravind.
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