New Delhi, May 3 -- Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood is not in the playing XI as Royal Challengers Bengaluru are put in to bat first by the Chennai Super Kings.

The purple cap contender is replaced by South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, who was formerly with CSK. RCB skipper Rajat Patidar offered no explanation for the change in the XI.

RCB: Virat Kohli, Bethell, Padikkal, Patidar (capt), Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal

Impact players: Rasikh Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone

CSK: Ayush Mhatre, Shaikh Rasheed, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (capt and wk), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleed Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana...