IPL 2021, RR vs PBKS Live: Rajasthan Royals face Punjab Kings. (BCCI/IPL)IPL 2021, RR vs PBKS Team Predicted Playing 11 for Today Match: Tonight would be the battle of big-hitters when KL Rahul’s Punjab Kings tackle the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals. Both the groups have a squad full of stroke-makers who’re in pursuit of a profitable begin to their IPL campaigns on Monday.
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Rajasthan shall be banking closely on their swashbuckling all-rounder Ben Stokes. Stokes shall be eager to get some runs beneath his belt and so would be the likes of Englishman Jos Buttler and newly-appointed skipper Samson, who’s a mine-field of expertise.
The Royals may decide to open with the highly-rated Yashasvi Jaiswal and Buttler. While Samson, who can be itching to show some extent, and Stokes would then kind a powerful middle-order.
Playing XIs
Punjab Kings XI: KL Rahul, M Agarwal, C Gayle, N Pooran, D Hooda, S Khan, J Richardson, M Ashwin, M Shami, R Meredith, A Singh (3 debutants)
Rajasthan Royals XI: M Vohra, B Stokes, S Samson, J Buttler, S Dube, R Parag, R Tewatia, C Morris, S Gopal, C Sakariya, M Rahman (4 debutants)
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(c), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Liam Livingstone, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman, Andrew Tye, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Manan Vohra, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Singh
Punjab Kings Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Murugan Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar
IPL 2021Match 4, Wankhede Stadium, 12 Apr, 2021RR 217 / 7 (20.0)vsKXI 221 / 6 (20.0)BowlersORWKTMohammed Shami4.0 33 2Jhye Richardson4.0 55 1Punjab Kings win by 4 runs
