Punjab Kings (PBKS) host Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the 66th Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) match at Dharamsala’s Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday, May 19. Both groups require two factors from this fixture to stay alive within the race for playoff qualification this season and in addition depend upon different groups’ outcomes with simply 5 group-stage matches remaining.Â
Rajasthan Royals take pleasure in a constructive web run fee with 12 factors from 13 video games. An enormous win will information them to fourth place within the factors desk, on a degree with Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. But each MI and RCB play their final respective group-stage recreation after this fixture and could have a morale-boosting benefit of taking part in later. (*66*), Punjab Kings suffered a giant blow as they misplaced in opposition to Delhi Capitals of their final recreation by 15 runs. Punjab Kings even have 12 factors from 13 matches however their web run fee of -0.308 is unlikely to information them to the highest-4 end even when they win in opposition to Rajasthan.
PBKS vs RR Probable Playing XIs
Punjab Kings:Â Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh (Impact Player)
Rajasthan Royals:Â Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(c & wk), Joe Root, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, KM Asif (Impact Player)
PBKS vs RR Head-to-Head Record
Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals have confronted one another on 25Â events the place PBKSÂ have recorded 11Â wins whereas RRÂ have managed to win 14Â video games to date. PBKS have received eight video games in opposition to RR whereas batting first whereas the latter have recorded seven wins whereas batting first on this encounter. Punjab received the newest encounter in opposition to Rajasthan Royals however that was their solely second win from the final six conferences between two groups.Â
Matches Played – 25 | PBKS Won – 11 | RR Won – 14 | NR – 0
PBKS vs RR Head-to-Head Record at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
This is the primary time each Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals are dealing with one another in Dharamsala.
Matches Played – 0 | PBKS Won – 0 | RR Won – 0 | NR – 0
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Last Encounter
Both groups final performed one another on April 5 this season at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Punjab Kings posted a complete of 197/4 whereas batting first with skipper Shikhar Dhawan smashing 86 off 56 and Prabhsimran Singh scoring 60 off simply 34. While chasing, Ravichandran Ashwin surprisingly got here in because the opener however the transfer was foiled.
Sanju Samson smashed 42 off 25 whereas batting at quantity 4 and Shimron Hetmyer added 36 off 18 to assist the Royals attain nearer to the goal. But Nathan Ellis’ spell of 4/30 restricted Rajasthan Royals to 192/7 and helped Punjab to a slim 5-run victory.