Jayawardene wins toss, opts to bat against RCB

Kochi, April 10: Kochi Tuskers Kerala captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their debut Indian Premier League match at Nehru Stadium here today.

The teams:

Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Mahela Jayawardene (C), Brendon McCullum, Parthiv Patel, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, Muttiah Muralitharan, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Raiphi Gomez and R Vinay Kumar.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Daniel Vettori (C), Mayank Aggarwal, AB de Villers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Saurabh Tiwary, Asad Pathan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Zaheer Khan and Dirk Nannes.
–Agencies