The afternoon game should force the captain to bat first with dew, not a consideration. The last two afternoon matches at the venue have been won by the teams batting first.
Pitch Report
Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj.
Tips
Hardik Pandya has been in great form scoring 305 runs in 7 matches at an average of 61 and a strike rate of 137.38 and has also picked a few wickets with the ball.