PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction Today Match 18th: Fantasy Cricket Tips, Player Stats, Top Player Battles, Today Dream11 Team Captain and Vice Captain Choice - IPL 2025

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Match 18th Preview

PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction 2025: Both Team’s Recent Form

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.

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh Pitch Report

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 Records in IPL

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.

PBKS vs RR Match 18th, Predicted Playing11

Punjab Kings Predicted Playing XI

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

Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing XI

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

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Player Stats IPL 2025

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Dream11 Prediction: Players Stats Top Batters IPL 2025

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Dream11 Prediction: Players Stats Top Bowler IPL 2025

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Top Player Battles

Sanju Samson vs Yuzvendra Chahal
 

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 vs Jofra Archer
 

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 vs Arshdeep Singh

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.

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Top Players Picks

Punjab Kings’s Top Players IPL 2025

Shreyas Iyer

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

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.

Rajasthan Royals’s Top Players IPL 2025

Sanju Samson

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

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. 

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Dream11 Prediction: Budget Picks

Yuzvendra Chahal

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

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.

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Dream11 Prediction: Avoid Players

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.

PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction: Today Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction Head-to-Head Team

• 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

PBKS vs RR Today Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction Mega League Team

• 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

PBKS vs RR Today Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

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