Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets and took his team to a 72-run victory in the first game and would want to replicate the same in this encounter as well.
Rajasthan Royals will clash with the Punjab Kings in the 8th match of the IPL 2023 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs (DLS Method) in a rain-affected game and will be confident coming into the game against the Royals. Liam Livingstone and Kagiso Rabada were unavailable for the first game but will be available to be picked for this encounter against the Rajasthan Royals. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma played quick cameos to help PBKS post 191 runs in 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh was sensational as he absolutely destroyed KKR’s top order and helped his team to get their first points on the table of the IPL 2023 season.
Rajasthan Royal have one of the most destructive batting lineups, they managed to score over 200 runs in their first game and were able to defend it quite comfortably. Jos Buttler scored 54 off 22 while Yashasvi Jaiswal got 54 off 37 deliveries. Later Sanju Samson too scored yet another half-century to take Rajasthan to 203 runs in 20 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets and took his team to a huge 72-run victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both team will give it their best to gather two points of this game, it promises to be a close encounter.
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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 Saturday, the 5th of April.
RR Probable Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(c/wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.
PBKS Probable Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Dhruv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma, Murugan Ashwin, Donavon Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, KC Cariappa, Akash Vasisht, Adam Zampa, Joe Root
Punjab Kings Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Raj Bawa, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Kagiso Rabada, Baltej Singh
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