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IPL 2023: RCB skipper Faf du Plessis wins toss, opts to bowl against SRH

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a crucial IPL match in Hyderabad on Thursday.

SRH handed a debut to batting all-rounder Nitish Reddy while Harry Brook and Kartik Tyagi returned to the playing XI. RCB fielded an unchanged XI.

"We are gonna have a bowl. The last two nights we have had some dew. Good surface but touch on the slower side. Same team as last game. Hasaranga has a niggle. Bracewell strengthens our batting. We have to start afresh. The game of cricket has a funny way of biting you. You have to have the humility of looking at a fresh game," du Plessis said after winning the toss.

"We would have looked to bat. Not too disappointed. Couple of changes. Brook comes in. Tyagi comes in as well. Umran is an x-factor player. Lots of pride to play for. We haven't lived up to our ability. We should try to showcase that at the world stage in the last two games," SRH captain Aiden Markram said at the toss.

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