Why is Jos Buttler not playing in RR vs PBKS IPL 2024 clash?

Sanju Samson received the toss as Rajasthan Royals elected to bat first towards Punjab Kings in the sixty fifth match of the IPL 2024 in Guwahati on Wednesday. The star English batter Jos Buttler missed out on Rajasthan Royals’ playing eleven whereas Punjab Kings made a few main modifications to their staff.

Buttler has already left the Rajasthan camp to hitch England’s nationwide aspect forward of the upcoming T20I sequence towards Pakistan. England’s uncapped wicketkeeper batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore comes in for Buttler to win his maiden IPL cap. 

“We’ll bat first in these conditions,” Sanju Samson mentioned after profitable the toss. “This is a second home for us, we have spend quite a bit of time here. We spent two days to assess on whether there is dew, and there isn’t any. The team, the batting and bowling unit are doing great. Everyone is chill and we are excited to come out and play a great game of cricket. (On securing qualification) I’d be lying if I say no, the camp looks a lot more relaxed. We’ll miss Jos and Kohler-Cadmore comes in, and we might have Ferreira as an impact sub later.”

England’s gamers in IPL have already began leaving the event to hitch the nationwide aspect for early preparations for the T20 World Cup 2024. Punjab additionally missed Liam Livingstone from their playing eleven as a consequence of the same motive. The Australian pacer Nathan Ellis comes into Punjab’s beginning eleven to make his first look of the 2024 season.

“Tonight we play a really good team, and we can spoil a few campaigns now and finish with some pride,” Sam Curran mentioned. “We’ve had a really good squad but some of those games we didn’t win the big moments. We are about 2-3 wins away from qualifying and we aren’t there becasue we didn’t capitalise on the big moments. Tonight, we play a good side and I believe in character, I certainly don’t want to lose tonight and hopefully I can rub that off on the players. We’ve lost a few players, KG is out and Nathan Ellis gets a game. Brar also comes back into the line-up.”

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal.

RR Impact Subs: Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira.

Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

PBKS Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Vidwath Kaverappa, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia.