Rajasthan Royals faces Punjab Kings in an away match at the newly built Mullanpur Stadium on April 13. It is a night game where the Royals need to make a quick turnaround after their heartbreaking loss to Gujarat Titans in their previous match.
Rajasthan Royals had posted a competitive target of 196/3 in their 20 overs. They had the game in their hands until the last two overs. However, the pair of Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia scored 35 off the last two overs, including 16 off the last over.
This was Royals’ first loss in this season’s IPL. Despite the loss, they took away many positives from the game, Kuldeep Sen’s bowling being one of them. It is his bowling that needs improvement, especially in the final overs.
This is where Sandeep Sharma’s absence hurts them as a team. Yuzvendra Chahal has been happily picking up wickets with Ravichandran Ashwin quietly doing his job to keep the batsmen calm.
The Royals’ challenge will be to win away from home. They already won their first away match against Mumbai Indians. In this article, we predict that Rajasthan Royals will play XI against Punjab Kings for their match in Mullanpur on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals playing 11 vs Punjab Kings – IPL 2024, match 27
yes butler
Butler scored only 8 in the game against GT. He was picked up early in the big game. He scored a hundred in the match against RCB in a winning cause. He has scored 143 runs so far with a best of 100*.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jaiswal will open the batting with Buttler. He scored 24 off 19 balls before falling to Umesh Yadav. His ultra-aggressive approach has been his downfall so far this season.
Sanju Samson (C/WK)
Samson will come in at three. He scored an unbeaten 68 off 33 balls to take his team to a score of over 190. This was his third fifty of the season. He has scored 246 runs in five games at an average of 82.00 and a strike rate of 180.
Riyan Parag
Parag will be located at four. His rise to that figure has been one of the findings of RR. She scored 76 off 48 balls in the match and has already amassed 261 runs in five games at an average of 87.00, making it the best IPL season for her.
Shimron Hetmyer
Hetmyer has been the perfect pinch hitter for the Royals. He scored 13 off five balls in the match against GT with a strike rate of 260.00. He will be kept in the lineup.
Dhruv Trevally
Horse mackerel will enter at six. So far he hasn’t had too many opportunities with the bat. He heads into IPL 2024 after a good Test debut against England. He will look forward to another opportunity with the bat.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashwin will be placed at seven. He hit five in a pair of games for the Royals. This franchise has given him opportunities with the bat. He has so far only picked one wicket in this IPL and has 172 wickets in total.
Trent Boult
Boult bowled two overs for just 8 runs in the match against Gujarat Titans. He has taken five wickets in five games. In total, he has picked 110 wickets in 93 matches in the IPL.
Avesh Khan
Avesh Khan will be one of the two Indian pacers in the XI. He was 1 for 48 and expensive with the ball against the Gujarat Titans. He has taken 58 wickets in 52 matches in the IPL.
Kuldeep Sen
Kuldeep Sen took 3/41 in the first game he played in this year’s IPL. He beat the batsmen with his pace and it was a big problem for them to face him. He also has a very good yorker.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal concludes Rajasthan Royals’ probable XI. He has already acquired nine wickets in this year’s IPL and has 197 IPL wickets. He has played 150 games in the IPL and is just three away from 200 IPL wickets. He is already the highest wicket-taker in the league.
Sub-Keshav Maharaj Impact
Maharaj could be the Impact Sub as the Royals used him in the last game. He bowled two overs and scored 16 runs. He is part of the Royals’ spin trio that includes Chahal and Ashwin. This is the first IPL season of him. He was hired as Prasidh Krishna’s replacement.
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