Rajasthan Royals locked horns with Punjab Kings within the 66th match of IPL 2023 on Friday. It is a must-win recreation for each the groups who’re playing their final league-stage match and are caught at 12 factors. Ahead of the sport, RR star bowler Ravichandran Ashwin was not included within the Playing XI due a again spasm.Â
In the continuing season, Ashwin has performed 13 matches and has scalped 14 wickets with a BBM of two/23. He has bowled with an economic system fee of seven.51. When it involves batting, Ashwin scored 67 runs with the very best rating of 67 and a median of 11.17. He has smashed 5 fours and three sixes to date.
“We need to win the game. Then see how the other games go. If you want to play good T20 cricket, you need to forget things. We have had four to five days off. One has to understand the conditions. We have couple of changes. Last minute changes. Ashwin misses out because of a back spasm,” Sanju Samson stated in the course of the toss.
“Last match, dew wasn’t much. First batting or second, it shouldn’t change much. We will come and enjoy the game. Will try to give our best shot. We need to take more wickets in the first 6 overs. We can cash in more. We are playing the same team,” Shikhar Dhawan stated throughout toss.
Earlier within the match, RR gained the toss and opted to bowl.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Substitutes
RR: Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Akash Vasisht, Kuldeep Sen, Murugan Ashwin.
PBKS: Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Matthew Short.
