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- Punjab Kings will face Rajasthan Royals on Sunday evening in the 18th season of IPL 2025. The match will be played at 7:30 pm at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Punjab’s home ground.
- While Punjab Kings are at the top of the points table after winning 2 out of 2 matches, Rajasthan Royals are struggling at the bottom of the points table after losing 2 out of 3 matches.
Match Details, 18th Match
PBKS vs RR
Date: 5th April
Stadium: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur
Time: Toss- 7:00 PM
Match Start- 7:30 PM
Punjab Kings batsmen in good form
- The Punjab Kings team has topped the points table so far by winning 2 out of 2 matches in this IPL season, in which the batsmen of Punjab Kings have a big hand.
- Their captain Shreyas Iyer is still looking in good form, who played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs in 42 balls against Gujarat Titans and he made a significant contribution to the team’s victory.
- His team has deadly batsmen like Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis who can turn the game in their favor at any time. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker so far by taking 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Rajasthan spinners in good form
- Talking about Rajasthan Royals, their spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has been in good form this season so far. In the last match itself, he took 4 wickets for 35 runs against Chennai Super Kings.
- So far Hasaranga has taken a total of 5 wickets in his 2 matches and he is the highest wicket taker of this team. In batting, Dhruv Jurel has scored the most 106 runs in 3 matches and he is the highest run scorer of this team so far.
Will Sanju Samson captain today?
- Sanju Samson can be seen captaining Rajasthan Royals today. BCCI’s National Center of Excellence gave Samson permission to take up wicketkeeping and captain the team on April 2 after he became fully fit. Earlier, all-rounder Riyan Parag was captaining the team.
PBKS vs RR: Who is ahead in head to head?
- Rajasthan Royals have a slight edge in head to head. So far a total of 28 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Where Rajasthan Royals have won 16 matches and Punjab Kings have won 12 matches.
- Earlier, both the teams have played 1 match on this ground where Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings in 2024.
PBKS vs RR: Pitch Report
- Most of the pitches of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur are batting friendly. So far 5 IPL matches have been played on this ground where the team batting first has won 2 matches and the chasing team has won 3 matches.
- The highest score on this ground is 192/7 which was made by Mumbai Indians against Punjab Kings.
PBKS vs RR: Weather Conditions
- On Saturday, it will be cloudy in Mullanpur but there is no chance of rain. The day temperature will be between 19 to 37 degree Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Punjab Kings
- Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera.
Probable playing-12 of Rajasthan Royals
- Sanju Samson (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kumar Karthikeya.
