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IPL 2024: Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – Dafanews Match Preview

Punjab Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals in the 27th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Saturday. PBKS has been inconsistent so far as they have managed two wins in five matches.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals’ unbeaten winning streak of four matches was broken in the last match against Gujarat Titans. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.

Punjab Kings: L W L L W

Punjab Kings will need to come up with a better batting performance as their top order could not deliver against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arshdeep Singh bagged four wickets in the previous match and he will look to continue the good show for Punjab.

Rajasthan Royals: L W W W W

Rajasthan Royals have ticked the right boxes as they have come up with a collective show. However, they should have defended 35 runs in the last two overs against Gujarat Titans. RR’s batting has done a fine job and they will look to continue the good form.

Head to Head: Matches: 26, Won by PBKS: 11, Won by RR: 15.

Players to look out for: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Shashank Singh will hold the key for PBKS.

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.

RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024

Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.

PBKS IPL 2024 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.

Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw (SA), Shashank Singh.

All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes (ENG), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel.

Bowlers: Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Nathan Ellis (AUS), Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.

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