Royal Challengers Bangalore would take on Chevrolet Warriors in the 1st T20 match of the Champions League Twenty20 2011. The match will be hosted at Bangalore. Schedule time of Match is 20:00 Local Time (14:30 GMT). The match is schedule to be played on Sep 23, 2011. The schedule match would be Day/Night and played under flood light condition.

While most of the Bangalore squad have been training since the weekend at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virat Kohli joined the squad on Thursday morning. They have five world-class players in their team. As captain, Daniel Vettori is an automatic pick; as the man who turbo-charged their IPL campaign, Gayle should start; in the absence of Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes should also be in the XI. And in a squad bereft of other wicketkeepers, AB de Villiers should get the nod ahead of Dilshan.

In the absence of Jacobs, Warriors will likely open with Ashwell Prince and 23-year-old JJ Smuts. The big question for the management will be choosing the fast bowlers: Ntini was their most successful bowler in the Pro20, Justin Kreusch was their most economical bowler in the Pro20, Rusty Theron is their death overs specialist, and they have two other quicks with international experience in Wayne Parnell and Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (From): Daniel Vettori(c), Sreenath Aravind, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Mithun, AB de Villiers(w), Arun Karthik, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Dirk Nannes, Asad Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary, Syed Mohammad Jamaluddin

Warriors (From): Johan Botha(c), Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Mark Boucher(w), Craig Thyssen, Juan Theron, Kelly Smuts, JJ Smuts, Ashwell Prince, Wayne Parnell, Makhaya Ntini, Lyall Meyer, Justin Kreusch, Colin Ingram, Nicky Boje, Andrew Birch