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Punjab Kings are in a solid form this season having won both of their first matches in the season. In their last five matches, Punjab have won three matches. Rajasthan Royals are having a hard time in this season losing first two matches against Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders.
This is the new venue in IPL and the home ground of the Punjab Kings. This ground has hosted five matches in IPL where chasing teams have won three matches. Batting first is hard here with the assistance for slower bowlers who can ball cutters. Harshal Patel has the highest number of wickets and he has taken those wickets in first innings in the death. The average score of the first innings is 167.
PBKS vs RR head to head record reveals the surprising dominance of Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings have produced great matches in the league. Everyone knows the match where Rahul Tewatia won a last ball thriller against Punjab Kings making the rivalry more intense. In 28 matches played between these two teams, Rajasthan Royals have won 16 matches while Punjab is also close to them winning 12 matches.
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Players: Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar
Injury Update: None
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Players: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh
Injury Updates: None
Sanju Samson has scored 52 runs in 51 balls against Yuzvendra Chahal but got out 5 times. His strike rate is 102, and he has struggled against Chahal. He has hit only 1 four and 4 sixes.
Shreyas Iyer has made 47 runs in 56 balls against Jofra Archer and got out 3 times. His strike rate is 83.9, which is quite low. He has hit 5 fours but no sixes. Archer has kept him under pressure.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 26 runs in 20 balls against Arshdeep Singh and got out 2 times. His strike rate is 130, which is good. He has hit 4 fours but no sixes. Arshdeep has bowled many dot balls to him.
Shreyas Iyer is in great form with the bat this season having scored 149 runs in just two games. Iyer scored 97* in the first match of the IPL 2025 against Gujarat Titans. He then followed that innings with a brilliant inning of 52 runs off just 30 balls against Lucknow Super Giants to win the match in just 16.2 overs.
Arshdeep Singh is also a consistent performer in the IPL so far. He has taken five wickets in two games with a strike-rate of 9.60 which means two wickets per match. He gave a match winning performance in the last match for his team taking three wickets. He will be an important pick in this match for your fantasy teams.
Sanju is the main man for Rajasthan Royals for this match. He is back in the leadership role for Rajasthan Royals. He will try to lead the team from front in this match. He has good numbers against Punjab Kings, averaging 36.90 against them. Sanju has second more runs against Punjab than any other team he has played against, scoring 738 runs in 23 matches.
Wanindu Hasaranga showed great skills in the last game against Chennai Super Kings picking up four wickets in his four overs. He will be very useful in this match as the pitch of Mallanpur will again support him in this game. Hasaranga will be a good captain choice in this match, looking at the number of right handers in Punjab Kings team.
Yuzvendra Chahal has great numbers against Sanju Samson, getting him out five times in 51 balls and he will as well get support from the pitch of Mallanpur. Chahal will be important in this match but his effectiveness will depend upon how the left handers will Chahal in this match. If Jaiswal, Rana and Hetmyer can do the damage against Chahal, it will be a tough game for him.
Sandeep Sharma will be crucial in the death overs. If Sandeep bowls in the first innings you can make him captain of your mega league team. He bowled in the last match picking up the wickets of MS Dhoni which turned the match in favour of Rajasthan Royals.
Fazalhaq Farooqi was given his chance in the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad but he couldn’t impress much in that match and was benched after that match. He should have given more chances rather than testing in one match. However his chances are bleak at the moment. Vishnu Vinod will not be tried in this match because Nahel Wadhera impressed in the last match.
Keeper: Sanju Samson, P Singh
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Riyan Parag, Wanindu Hasaranga
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Jofra Archer, Y Chahal, Tushar Deshpande
Keeper: Sanju Samson
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Riyan Parag, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Jofra Archer, Y Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
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