Mumbai Indians Opt to Bowl, Oram Plays

Bangalore: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL clash at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday.

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said he too would have bowled.

Mumbai Indians will miss the service of star pacer Lasith Malinga who is out due to injury. On the other hand, Bangalore pace attack looks toothless in the absence of Zaheer Khan.

The visitors have picked a rookie seamer in Jaspreet Bumrah.

Kieron Pollard and Jacob Oram will occupy two of the four foreign slots, with Mitchell Johnson and Ponting himself taking the other two.

Teams

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Daniel Christian, Karun Nair, Arun Karthik (wk), Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, Jaidev Unadkat, Muttiah Muralitharan

Mumbai Indians: Ricky Ponting (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Jaspreet Gumrah, Mitchell Johnson, Harbhajan Singh, Jacob Oram, Munaf Patel

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