Bangalore skipper Kohli invites Rajasthan to bat

May 11, 2011 |

Jaipur

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IPL
IPL-IV

Royal Challengers Bangalore stand-in captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match at Swai Man Singh stadium here today.

Regular captain Daniel Vettori was ruled out due to a knee injury and thus Kohli has become the youngest captain in the IPL history so far.

Bangalore have replaced Vettori with Charl Langeveldt, who will play his first match in this edition of the tournament.

The hosts have also made one change, bringing in Pankaj Singh comes for Amit Singh.

Today's match is last for Shane Warne at his home venue.

Tillakaratne Dilshan is also playing his last match of the season for Bangalore as he will leave to join Sri Lanka's national team for the England tour.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (C), Shane Watson, Rahul Dravid, Johan Botha, Ashok Menaria, Ross Taylor, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Raut, Dishant Yagnik†, Siddharth Trivedi and Pankaj Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Kaif, Saurabh Tiwary, Abrar Kazi, Zaheer Khan, Sreenath Aravind and Charl Langeveldt.

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