IPL 2018: Virat Kohli wins toss, to bowl against Punjab

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli on Friday won the toss and decided to bowl against Ashwin-led Punjab in their second match of the eleventh edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).

Kohli and corp are playing at their home ground and will be eying to open their account in IPL.
 
talking about his strategy for today, Kohli said, "We are gonna have a bowl. I think the crowd thinks the match is decided on the basis of toss." 

"Looks like this pitch is back to normal, hence the decision to bowl first. It's the same team that played last match. It's good to be back here and the crowd looks excited like always," he added.

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"The aim of any good side in the tournament is to play well at home, hopefully we do that," the skipper concluded.

Punjab, on the other hand, will be entering the ground to continue their winning momentum as they have a strong batting line-up to counter Bangalore's strategies.

Talking about the same, Ashwin said, "I think it's important to start well and put up a par score. It's very important to have wickets in hand while batting first. I think we have enough bowling ammunations to put them under pressure."

"We have one team change, Finch comes in the place for Miller. He deserves to come in the team right away," he further said.

Punjab defeated Delhi in their tournament opener, Bangalore lost to the Kolkata in theirs.

Teams:
Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bangalore (Playing XI): Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal