RCB vs GT Toss Update, IPL 2025 Match 14: Royal Challengers Bengaluru & Gujarat Titans Playing 11 & Captain's Quotes

RCB vs GT Toss update: Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in match 14 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday (April 2).

After suffering a season-opening loss to Punjab Kings, GT bounced back with a victory over Mumbai Indians, while Rajat Patidar’s RCB is unbeaten in two, having registered wins over Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.

As for RCB vs GT team news, Kagiso Rabada misses out for GT due to personal reasons. Arshad Khan replaces the South African pacer in the playing 11 from the team that handed MI a defeat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad last week.

RCB, on the other hand, remain unchanged from their victory over CSK at the Chepauk last week, meaning Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues to keep his place in the eleven after missing the opener against KKR. Here is what the captains said:

What the RCB and GT captains said at the toss?

After opting to bowl first, GT skipper Gill said, "Looks like a good wicket. We've seen the conditions don't change much. We're all about reducing our unforced errors. We'll try to finetune the areas that need it. Kagiso misses out due to personal reasons so we've got Arshad Khan back."

Meanwhile, RCB captain Patidar, who also would have preferred to chase, said, "it's a new surface. It's pretty hard and won't change much. The way boys are chipping in gives a lot of confidence as a captain. We love this crowd. The way they love us and the support we've always received is incredible. Same team."

RCB vs GT Playing 11 and Impact Substitute Options

RCB XI vs GT: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs Bench: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

GT XI vs RCB: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.

• Gujarat Titans Impact Sub Bench: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 Squads

RCB Squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara.

GT Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler, Shahrukh Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Nishant Sindhu, Kulwant Khejroliya, Gerald Coetzee, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Gurnoor Brar, Karim Janat.