Preview
For the fourth math of the Indian Premier League 2021 tournament, Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), both the teams are all set for the encounter. The match will take place in Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium where both the teams will be looking forward for a winning start.
As it is noted, the Rajasthan Royals side will be not be so strong in the bowling department as Jofra Archer is still recovering from a hand injury and Mustafizur Rahman will not be available for the first game of their team. However, The Rajasthan based franchise can be happy from the fact that on head-to-head count, they are leading the Punjab side with 12-9.
As for talking about the Punjab Kings, they managed to include IC’s No. 1 ranked T20 batsman, Dawid Malan. Both Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings are equally powerful teams and a competitive game seems to be held on Monday.
PROBABLE PLAYING XIs
Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Liam Livingstone, Andrew Tye/Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Kartik Tyagi, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag.
Bench
Liam Livingstone/Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Singh, Anuj Rawat, Mustafizur Rahman, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Mayank Markanda, Anuj Rawat, Chetan Sakariya.
Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (C and WK), Chris Gayle/Dawid Malan, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan/Deepak Hooda, Mandeep Singh/Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan/Fabian Allen, Jhye Richardson/Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami
Bench
Mandeep Singh/Shahrukh Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Dawid Malan/Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda/Sarfaraz Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Harpreet Brar, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Ishan Porel, Riley Meredith/Jhye Richardson, Darshan Nalkande
Head-to-Head
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Overall
Played – 21 | Rajasthan Royals– 12 | Punjab Kings – 9 |N/R – 0
At neutral venues
Played – 8 | Rajasthan Royals – 4 | Punjab Kings – 4 |N/R – 0
PROBABLE BEST BATSMAN OF THE MATCH
KL Rahul – Punjab Kings
KL Rahul, the Orange Cap holder of IPL 2020, has a consistent record against the Punjab Kings. In the total nine matches he had played against them, he has scored 390 runs at a strike rate of 125.40. The right handed batsman has also scored four half centuries against them. He also got a century in Mumbai in the 2019 edition of the IPL.
PROBABLE BEST BOWLER OF THE MATCH
Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals
Chris Morris is all set to make a debut in the Rajasthan Royals side and is said to be the lead bowler in their first match. He has played a decent game against Punjab , in which the speedster has bowled 40 overs were he has picked up 13 wickets at a decent economy rate of 6.88. Not to forget, Morris might be a great choice for Rajasthan side even for batting.
