RCB vs LSG: Bengaluru won the toss and chose to bowl, see playing-11 of both teams

The 23rd match of IPL 2026 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). This match is being held on April 15 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Bengaluru has won the toss of this match. After winning the toss, team captain Rajat Patidar has decided to bowl first. RCB has entered the field with one change in this match.

Both the teams would like to win this match at any cost. RCB is currently at third place in the points table with 3 wins in 4 matches and a net run rate of +1.148. In such a situation, Bengaluru will be eyeing to win this match and reach the top straight. Talking about LSG, the team is at seventh position with 2 wins in 4 matches and -0.427 net run rate. In such a situation, Lucknow will try to improve its position by winning this match.

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RCB entered with one change

After winning the toss, RCB captain Rajat Patidar said, ‘As far as the team is concerned, every player is doing well for the team and performing on different occasions. This is the biggest strength of our team. Today there is only one change, Josh Hazlewood has come in the team in place of Duffy. A special thing about this match is that for the first time in IPL history, Virat Kohli is playing as an impact substitute.

After losing the toss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant said, ‘We feel as a team that we have to regroup, come together and every player has to take responsibility for himself. There is no need to think again and again after every match about how we are playing, we just have to trust our group. We are playing with the same team today.

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RCB vs LSG Playing-11

• Royal Challengers Bangalore: Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma, Rasikh Salaam Dar.
  Impact Substitute: Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chauhan, Mangesh Yadav.
• Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.
  Impact Substitute: Manimaran Siddharth, George Linde, Matthew Britzke, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav.