Indian Premier League 2021 | Bangalore elects to bowl against Mumbai

Rajat Patidar and South African pacer Marco Jansen are the fresh faces for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl against defending champions Mumbai Indians in the IPL opener on Friday. For RCB, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian and young Indian Rajat Patidar are fresh faces in the playing XI. For MI, South African pacer Marco Jansen makes his debut while flamboyant opener Chris Lynn gets a game with Quinton de Kock still in hard quarantine.