TATA IPL 2023 Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – venue, squad, pitch report, Team 11 Predictions
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Match Details
| Match no | 8 |
| Date & Time | 5-Apr-2023, 7.30 PM IST |
| Teams | Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings |
| Venue | Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. |
Punjab Kings-Squad
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman |
| 1. Liam Livingstone 2. Rishi Dhawan 3. Sam Curran 4. Sikandar Raza 5. Mathew Short 6. Mohit Rathee | 1. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 2. Shahrukh Khan 3. Shikhar Dhawan 4. Harpreet Singh 5. Atharva Taide 6. Shivam Singh | 1.Arshdeep Singh 2. Baltej Singh 3. Nathan Ellis 4. Harpreet Brar 5. Rahul Chahar 6. Kagiso Rabada 7. Vidwath Kaverappa | 1. Prabhsimran Singh 2. Jitesh Sharma |
Rajasthan Royals-Squad
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman |
| 1. Riyan Parag 2. Ravichandran Ashwin 3. Jason Holder 4. Akash Vashisht | 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Devdutt Padikkal 3. Shimron Hetmyer 4. Joe Root | 1. Kuldip Yadav 2. Navdeep Saini 3. Kuldeep Sen 4. Obed McCoy 5. KC Cariappa 6. Yuzvendra Chahal 7. Sandeep Sharma 8. Trent Boult 9. Adam Zampa 10. KM Asif 11. Murugan Ashwin 12. Abdul Bazith | 1. Sanju Samson (c&wk) 2. Jos Buttler (wk) 3. Dhruv Jurel (wk) 4. Donovan Ferreira 5. Kunal Rathore |
Barsapara Cricket Stadium-Pitch Report
For the first time in the history of Indian Premier League, matches are to be played in the northeast state of India. Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati becomes the first stadium to host an IPL match. Rajasthan Royals has committed to promoting cricket in the Northeastern parts of India and as a step towards their moto they have chosen Barsapara Cricket Stadium as their second home ground. Thus RR is hosting 2 of its home games at Barsapara Stadium.
Rajasthan Royals will host Punjab Kings in match No. 8 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. The Barsapara Cricket Stadium is well known for its batting wicket and favors high scoring match. The team winning the toss would like to bat first in this pitch.
Punjab Kings-Probable 11
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman | Impact Player |
| 1. Sam Curran 2. Sikandar Raza | 1. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 2. Shikhar Dhawan (c) 3. Shahrukh Khan 4. Prabhsimran Singh | 1. Arshdeep Singh 2. Rahul Chahar 3. Harpreet Brar 4. Kagiso Rabada | 1. Jitesh Sharma | 1. Rishi Dhawan 2. Harpreet Singh 3. Shivam Singh 4. Mathew Short |
Rajasthan Royals-Probable 11
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman | Impact Player |
| 1. Ravichandran Ashwin 2. Jason Holder 3. Riyan Parag | 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Devdutt Padikkal 3. Shimron Hetmyer | 1. KM Asif 2. Yuzvendra Chahal 3. Trent Boult | 1. Sanju Samson (C) 2. Jos Buttler | 1. Sandeep Sharma 2. Murugan Ashwin 3. Navdeep Saini 4. Abdul Bazith |
Predicted Score
The team batting first will score anything around 150-170 runs but it will be the challenging total here and the team winning the toss should look to bat first.
Predicted Match Winners
RR has high probability of winning the match today considering its current form of its players like Jos Butler, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson. It also has an advantage of playing in their home ground.
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