After the IPL 2025 resumed with a little pause, today is Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first match, as their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders was washed out. Today, Lucknow will be hosting RCB against Sunrisers Hyderabad. While SRH has already been ruled out from the playoff race, RCB will fight for the top two positions. Meanwhile, Jitesh Sharma is serving RCB as their skipper after Rajat Patidar got injured. And RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. Notably, when Jitesh picked up the mic, the crowd welcomed with a loud roar. Well, Jitesh recalled the irony when he had captained Punjab Kings against SRH only, and today, it's his second and the first for RCB as the skipper. He added that Rajat will play as the impact player, and Mayank Agarwal will replace injured Devdutt Paddikal. šØ Toss šØ@RCBTweets won the toss and elected to bowl against @SunRisers in Lucknow.Updates ā¶ļø https://t.co/sJ6dOP9ung#TATAIPL | #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/8IFxI9fEqa — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 23, 2025 Pat Cummins spoke about his workload as he will be taking a flight soon for the World Test Championship final. He just candidly mentioned that he is catching up with Mohammed Shami to share the burden. However, he added that SRH will have three players back in the squad- Abhinav Manohar and Jaydev Unadkat come in. And Travis Head has also recovered from his Covid-19 and will feature for the side. Here's what the captains said at the toss: Jitesh Sharma: It's my first time captaining RCB. I captained PBKS against SRH last year. We are thinking to bowl first, want to take most of the surface from the moisture. We are looking forward to finish the league on top of the table and enter the playoffs. The management has taken care of the players. We have a good atmosphere and culture. We want to win every game and win the cup. Rajat Patidar is the impact player. Mayank comes in for Padikkal. Pat Cummins: We have shown some good signs in the last few games. We are building our team for the next season. We need to play more consistently. We need to be at our best. Last game we chased down 200 comfortably. I have been bowling with Shami and preparing for upcoming Test cricket. We would have bowled, not sure how it will play. We have three changes. Travis Head is back, Abhinav Manohar and Unadkat are back as well.. Read also: 3 Key Squad Changes India Could Make Ahead of England Tests Playing XI for both teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma.