Punjab Kings (PBKS) will play against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 66th game of the IPL 2023 on Friday (May 19) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.
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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will play against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 66th game of the IPL 2023 on Friday (May 19) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. It will be the last group-stage game for both teams as well. PBKS have won six out of 13 games so far and they are placed in 8th place in the points tally. RR have won six out of 13 games so far and they are in sixth position in the points table as well. The result won’t have much impact on PBKS’ chances of qualifying for the playoffs, RR might go through if they manage to win this match as well.
PBKS faced Delhi Capitals in their last match, where PBKS won the toss and elected to bowl. DC made 213 runs in their allotted 20 overs. The duo of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw added 94 runs for the first wicket. Shaw scored 54 runs off 38 deliveries whereas Rilee Rossouw played an important role for DC with the bat and made 82 runs off 37 deliveries. On the other hand, PBKS lost Shikhar Dhawan for a duck. Atharva Taide and Liam Livingstone then scored half-centuries. Livingstone made 94 runs off 48 deliveries, his highest individual score in IPL. But, PBKS lost the game by 15 runs as they could make only 198 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs as well.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals suffered a defeat at their home ground in Jaipur in their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB won the toss and elected to bat. They posted 171 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs, courtesy of Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell. In reply, RR got out for just 59 runs in 10.3 overs, and only two batters could make a double-digit score. And, it will be interesting to see how they will perform in the upcoming game.
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The Indian Premier League will be telecasted live on the Star Sports network and will be live-streamed on the JioCinema app. The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST and the Match will start at 7:30 PM IST on the 19th of May.
Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan(C), Shahrukh Khan, SM Curran, A Taide, LS Livingstone, JM Sharma(wk), RD Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, K Rabada
Rajasthan Royals – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, JE Root, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, SV Samson(C), DC Jurel, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
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Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan(C), Shahrukh Khan, SM Curran, A Taide, LS Livingstone, JM Sharma(wk), RD Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, P Simran Singh, B Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Singh, MW Short, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Rajangad Bawa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar
Rajasthan Royals – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, JE Root, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, SV Samson(C), DC Jurel, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, R Parag, Jason Holder, NA Saini, D Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, AP Vasisht, KC Cariappa, OC McCoy, KR Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Adam Zampa
Wicket-keepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Prabhsimran Singh
Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer
All-rounders: Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone
Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis
Captain: Sanju Samson/Yashasvi Jaiswal
Vice-captain: Jos Buttler/Liam Livingstone
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