Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) are locking horns in the 34th match of IPL 2026 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday (April 24). The home team won the toss and opted to bowl first. RCB are without the services of their star opener Phil Salt. Speaking to Harsha Bhogle at the toss, RCB captain Rajat Patidar revealed that Salt is injured. Though he didn’t talk about the nature of the injury. “I just feel this will be a bowl-first pitch. And as you all know, chasing gives us a lot of clarity about the result, the score and the total,” Rajat said.
“One change – Salty got injured, Bethell is in. I think one great point that I like is that we are assessing the wicket and assessing the situation pretty well this year. And of course, there’s a lot of planning behind it. t’s pretty obvious. Whenever you come here at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, it’s a good wicket to bat on. But I think there’s no grass on it, so first innings it might be a bit tacky,” he added.
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