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PBKS vs RR Match Prediction: Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th Match of IPL 2023
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PBKS vs RR Match Prediction: Punjab Kings will host Rajasthan Royals at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, on May 19th, 2023.
Punjab Kings are out of the IPL 2023 after Delhi Capitals defeated them by 15 runs in their previous match. It was a high-scoring match between the teams, but Punjab Kings failed to chase it down. One of the reasons for their loss was a slow start and giving a spinner to bowl the last over.
Punjab Kings got so many chances from the Delhi Capitals fielder in the match. Even after that, they lost the match. Liam Livingstone tried his best to keep the team on track as he scored 94 runs in just 48 balls but failed to get his team over the line due to huge required runs.
The Punjab Kings management’s decision to retire Atharva Taide was a foolish thing that backfired them. Now Punjab is out of the IPL and will be looking to play for the pride in their last match. Shikhar Dhawan accepted his tactical fault in the Post Match presentation and was not happy with how the bowlers bowled.
It was frustrating. We didn’t bowl really well in the first six wickets, we should have taken some wickets the way it was swinging. It’s quite a close game, but can’t help it. There was hope after that no ball, Livi played a great knock, unfortunately we couldn’t end up on the other side.
I fell my decision to bowl spin off the last over backfired. The momentum also went there. Before that, my fast bowlers got hit for 18-20 runs. Those two overs cost us the game. Our bowlers didn’t pitch the ball up in the powerplay. That was the plan and unfortunately they couldn’t execute. In this sort of a wicket, whether we take wickets or not, we should bowl at the right areas which we are not doing for quite a long time.
Shikhar Dhawan said in the Post Match presentation
Rajasthan Royals will look to forget their last humiliating loss in their previous match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 112 runs and look at their next match against Punjab Kings in a positive way.
The Rajasthan team got out on just 59, and it was not their lowest score; they all got out in the year 2009 against the same side, RCB; they got out on just 58 runs. Rajasthan won just 1 match out of their last 5 in the IPL 2023, and in their first 5 matches, they won 4 out of 5 matches.
Rajasthan Royals are still in the race for the IPL playoffs, but the chances are very thin. They still need to stay focused, win their last match against the Punjab Kings with a huge margin, and pray that some other results will go their way.
The way Rajasthan Royals batted in the last match was horrible by any team because they all gifted their wickets to Royal Challengers Bowlers, as the pitch was not at all that hard to play on. The way they all just threw their wickets was exceptional.
The Rajasthan team’s both openers got out on 0, and then Sanju Samson also got out on 4 Shimron Hetmyer was the only player who crossed the 10-run mark. The bowling unit of Rajasthan was also off the track in their last match, and Sanju Samson said that he would go and analyze where things went wrong.
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PBKS vs RR: Head-to-Head Record
Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings played 25 matches against each other which Punjab Kings won 11 times, and Rajasthan Royals won matches. In the last five battles against each other, Rajasthan Royals won three times, whereas Punjab Kings won just two.
Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals played their last match against each other in the IPL season 2023, in which Punjab Kings won the match by 5 runs. It was a high-scoring thriller, but Rajasthan Royals just fell short of the target.
PBKS vs RR: Pitch Report of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
| Match Played | 10 |
| Batting first won | 6 |
| Batting second won | 4 |
| Average first Innings score | 179.4 |
| Pacer Took | 82 Wickets |
| Spinners Took | 28 Wickets |
The pitch of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, was a batting-friendly pitch in the last match. The amazing fact in the last match was that there was no swing movement for the pace bowlers from the pitch, which was unusual.
The last match on this ground was between Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, in which the bowlers had no assistance from the pitch. It was just a clean belter pitch for the bowlers, just like a road which is something not seen in the previous matches on the ground.
The ball comes quite well on the bat, and the ground is small, which makes the batter’s job easier to hit sixes. The stadium is one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world, and the wind flow is high.
Team Preview of Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings are out of the IPL playoffs race and will play for pride in their next match against the Rajasthan Royals.
Punjab Kings had a mixed season, but the 2nd phase was not well for them. Shikhar Dhawan’s captaincy has been bit off after he returned from the injury.
Sam Curran was a total failure for the Punjab Kings after they brought him for a whopping 18 Crore + price, making him the most expensive player in IPL history.
The team management needs to be changed in the next season of IPL because the way the bidding team spent their money was irrelevant from the Punjab side because they would have brought two great players with that 18+ Crore they gave for the Sam Curran.
Important Player for the match against Rajasthan Royals
1- Sikandar Raza should be included in the next match against the Rajasthan Royals because the team has many left-hand batters, and Sikandar Raza is an offspinner who can have an advantage over the left-handers. There is also one fact: Punjab Kings only won 1 match when Sikandar Raza was not included in the team.
2- Liam Livingstone was one of the star performers in the last match against the Delhi Capitals, but it was a surprise when Shikhar Dhawan did not give him an over to bowl against Rilee Rossouw because Livingstone can bowl off-spin, which could be a game-changer for the team, but for the next match, he should come in the top order and bowl some off-spin against the left-handers.
3- Rishi Dhawan should be included in the team because it’s his home ground, and he led the Himachal Pradesh side in the domestic circuit. He can give the team an all-around option and help Shikhar Dhawan to read the pitch better.
Team Preview of the Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals needs to win their next match against the Punjab side with a big margin. Else they would be out of the IPL season, but that’s not all they need to rely on the other outcomes from the other matches, too, in their favor.
Rajasthan needs to get themself together because, in the last match, they were horrible against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in all team departments. Sanju Samson needs to play a captaincy knock for the team because he has been giving up his own wickets like it has 0 value to them.
In the next match, Rajasthan needs to change some players because they are the team who more dependent on spinners, but the pitch is flat, and spinners get punished on this type of wicket. After the last match, Kumar Sangakkara gave a great motivational speech in the Rajasthan dressing room.
Important Players for the match against Punjab Kings
1- Jos Buttler needs to take charge of his team because the pitch is going to favor his batting style as the ball will come to bat quite well, but he needs to be a bit careful in the first 5 overs of the match. He did not have a great season compared to his previous seasons, and in the last 5-8 matches, he only had great innings once. He scored 392 runs in 13 matches of IPL season 2023.
2- Yashasvi Jaiswal can be once again a key player for the Rajasthan side in their last match of the league stage against the Punjab Kings. He had a great IPL season, and in 13 matches, he scored 575 runs with a strike rate of 166 which used to be one of the weak points in the previous seasons of IPL.
3- Yuzvendra Chahal can be a key bowler against the Punjab team because of the batter in Punjab are right-handers, and Chahal will have the advantage of turning the ball away from the batsmen. However, in the last match on the Dharamsala pitch, the spinners had no assistance from the pitch as it was quite flat, but there might be some turn in the next match.
Rajasthan needs to win the match, and the team should go all out and enjoy their last league match to the fullest. The middle order needs to perform better if they want their team to win the match.
PBKS vs RR Probable Playing XIs:
Probable Lineup of Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh
Probable Lineup of Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Players who can come into the match of RR VS PBKS
Rishi Dhawan can again be the impact player in place of Prabhsimran for the Punjab Kings, and for the Rajasthan side, Devdutt Padikkal can come for Yuzendra Chahal.
