The double header (2 matches a day) will be played today in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the second match of the day, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will clash against the Rajasthan Royals. The match will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Punjab at 7:30 pm.
Punjab has played two matches so far this season and has won both. Rajasthan has played three matches so far, of which he has only won one and suffered two defeats.
However, in the first match of the day, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will clash against the Delhi Capitals (DC). The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai at 3:30 pm.
The second match preview …
Match Details, 18th Match PBKS VS RR Date: 5 April Stadium: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur Time: Toss – 7:00 pm, match start: 7:30 pm
Rajasthan pressure in Head to Head on Punjab So far, 28 matches have been played between Punjab and Rajasthan in the IPL. Punjab won in 12 and Rajasthan 16. Both teams will hit the field for the second time. Rajasthan had earlier won the match played in 2024.
Shreyas Iyer scored the highest runs for PBKs This season is Punjab Kings Unbitan. The team has won both of their opening matches. Captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored a total of 149 runs in both matches. In the first match of the season, he played an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls against Gujarat Titans. After them, Better Prabhasimaran Singh has scored 74 runs in 2 matches. He scored a half -century in the second match of the season against the Lucknow Super Giants. In bowling, Arshadeep Singh is the highest wicket -taker for the team. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Hasranga Rajasthan's Highest Wicket Techer bowler Rajasthan Royals bowler Vanindu Hasranga is the highest wicket -taker of the team. He has taken a total of 5 wickets in his 2 matches. He took 4 wickets for 35 runs in the last match against Chennai Super Kings. While batting, Dhruv Jurell has scored the highest 106 for the team in 3 matches. He scored a half -century in 35 balls against SRH in his first match of the season. After that, Nitish Rana has scored 100 runs in 3 matches. Nitish scored a half -century of 81 off 36 balls against CSK.
Samson will captain today In this match, Sanju Samson will be seen leading the Rajasthan Royals. After fully fit, the BCCI's National Center of Excellence allowed Samson to handle wicketkeeping and captain the team on April 2. Regular captain Samson was not captaining due to an injury, instead of all -rounder Ryan Parag, the team's bow was assigned.
Pitch report Only the fifth IPL match is being played in the new field of Mohali. The highest IPL team score here is 192/7, which Mumbai Indians scored against Punjab Kings last year. Here the batting team has won 2 matches and the chase team has won 3 matches.
Weather update There will be foggy sunlight and clouds in Mullanpur on Saturday. There will be a very humid environment here on the day of the match. The temperature will be between 20 and 38 degrees Celsius. There is no possibility of rain at all.
Potential Playing-11 Punjab Kings (PBKS) of both teams: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyanka Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suranash Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Yansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Loki Ferguson, Arshadeep Singh.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jureel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hatmayer, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Thicksana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.
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