Punjab Kings will square off against Rajasthan Royals in the 18th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Saturday.
Punjab has won both of their matches and has got off to a great start in the tournament whereas RR has managed a solitary win out of three games. Sanju Samson is expected to take back the captaincy onus after Riyan Parag led the when the former wasn’t fully fit.
This would be Punjab’s first home game of the season and they would look to make the most of the home conditions.
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PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL.
Marcus Stoinis needs seven sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL. The all-rounder also needs seven wickets to complete 50 scalps in the tournament.
Lockie Ferguson needs three wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.
Shashank Singh needs 33 runs to complete 500 runs in the IPL.
Nitish Rana needs four fours to complete 250 boundaries in the tournament.
Tushar Deshpande needs five wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.
Jofra Archer needs one wicket to complete 50 scalps in the tournament.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sanju Samson, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Punjab Kings Squad: Josh Inglis(w), Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash
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