Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans are face to face in the 14th match of IPL 2025. In this match being held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is the first competition between the two teams this season and everyone is waiting for it because for the first time Virat Kohli and Mohammad Siraj are going to face each other. But a big player has been out of this match, which will benefit Bangalore and especially Virat Kohli. These players are fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.

RCB did not make any changes

Royal Challengers Bangalore, which started the season with 2 consecutive wins, is the first match at their home in this season. As expected, Bengaluru has not made any changes in the playing eleven. However, Gujarat has had to make a change in compulsion as star South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has not been a part of this match. Captain Shubman Gill told during the toss that Rabada is not playing in this match for personal reasons. Left -arm fast bowler Arshad Khan has been included in his place.

Kohli gets big relief

While the absence of Rabada is bad news for Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore will get a big relief from this. This is especially a relaxed news for the team's star opener Virat Kohli. Actually, Virat Kohli is no less than an enemy in the IPL. They are not enemies only because of playing with different teams, but this pacer has been harassing Kohli a lot. Both of them have been face to face in 7 innings, in which Rabada has dismissed him 3 times. At the same time, Kohli has scored 36 runs in his 32 balls.

RCB Vs GT: Playing 11

RCB: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal.

GT: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jose Butler, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatiya, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna and Ishant Sharma