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IPL 2025: Patidar, Hazlewood Return As RCB Elect To Bowl First Against PBKS
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket: Josh Hazlewood comes back into the Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven as regular skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The winner of Qualifier 1 will storm into the final, to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3, while the losing side will have another crack at entering the title clash through the Qualifier 2 game at the same venue on Sunday.
PBKS, the league stage table toppers, are playing an IPL playoffs game for the first time after 11 years. The last time these two teams met at his venue, RCB won the match. What also comes as a big boost for RCB is Patidar back to captaining them after a finger injury meant Jitesh Sharma became stand-in skipper for their remaining league games, as well as Hazlewood being available for the crunch game after overcoming a shoulder niggle.
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