Murali Kartik and Michael Clarke: "It's been a happy hunting ground for Rajasthan Royals this year. Match number 16 at Guwahati at the ACA Stadium, and they've won two out of two. Tonight is against the big team, RCB. There's going to be a lot of support, but let me lay out the markers. This is the very same surface, pitch number 5, which was used in that game against MI which RR defended. So the markers are, it is pretty equidistant. I've got 65 and 66 as dimensions, meters to my right and left. A hit down the ground is 75, pretty equidistant once again, 72, 73. And I have to say, in the last couple of years, teams have been able to defend over here. And when you look at the overall score too, seven games, marginally ahead when it comes to team defending. So, more on that. Michael Clarke was there the other night on the very same surface. Michael, what do you think? Karthik, it looks exactly the same, to be honest. It looked like an absolute beauty of a wicket if you're a batsman. Again, you can come down, I think like the other night, it looked a little bit dry like you can see under the grass. But because it's so hard and with no moisture at all, it played beautifully. It was so consistent, good pace and bounce. Again, I think the key is going to be batting with that in that powerplay, with that brand new ball. I think you've got to look to go hard through the powerplay. For the bowlers, I think change of pace is your only hope. But wickets up front, I think you're going to need wickets. This looks like an absolute batting paradise. As a skipper, any preference? Batting first, I don't think there's any rain in the air at the moment. Look, honestly, I think on this surface, on this ground, we've seen it, doesn't matter too much. It's pretty even batting first or batting second. No dew the other night, obviously because of rain. There's no forecast for rain as well. So I think it's pretty consistent for both. I think as a captain, if you win the toss, and as I said, the sample size is small, you don't mind batting first. That's my opinion."