IPL 2021: Punjab Kings VS Rajasthan Royals
In the 32nd match of IPL 2021, Punjab Kings will fight against Rajasthan Royals for those crucial two points on 21st September. The teams are placed at 6th and 5th position of the points table. Both of them will try to rewrite their fortunes in the second leg of IPL 2021. Interestingly, both teams are led by two young captains, KL Rahul and Sanju Samson respectively, who have recently shown an excellent performance. Let’s see what they have in their bags for the second season.
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Head to Head Records
Both the teams haven’t done well in the previous editions of IPL, although now they will be desperately looking to improve the results. In the head-to-head records,
- Matches Played: 22 matches
- RR Won: 12 matches
- PBKS Won: 10 matches
- Tie: 0 matches
History is favouring Rajasthan Royals, but Punjab Kings will be looking to turn it in their favour in the upcoming match.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium Record
The pitch in Dubai International Cricket Stadium is moderate and might be slowed down as the match progresses.
- Matches Played: 93
- Matches won by Batting first team: 38
- Matches won by Chasing team: 54
- No Result: 1
The average first innings score is close to 158. However, in the second innings, the dew factor might come into play.
Punjab Kings
With just 3 wins in 8 games, Punjab Kings is placed at sixth position. The KL Rahul led side will be looking to change things in their remaining 6 games and would like to get a place in the playoffs.
Predicted Playing XI
KL Rahul (C and WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Mohd. Shami, Adil Rashid, Arshdeep Singh
Bench Strength
Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Ishan Porel, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Nathan Ellis, Aiden Markram
Players to watch out
For Punjab Kings, KL Rahul and Chris Gayle can be destructive along with Nicholas Pooran. Apart from them, Harpreet Brar, who dismissed RCB’s dangerous trio in just two overs, can also have an impact on the slow pitches of Dubai.
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson led team is currently placed at 5th position in the IPL 2021 points table with 3 wins in 7 games. Besides this, with the absence of main players like Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, coach Kumar Sangakkara will have to think out of the box to make things happen.
Predicted Playing XI
Sanju Samson (C and WK), Yashaswi Jaswal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller,
Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat
Bench Strength
Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahim, K.C. Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis
Players to watch out
With the absence of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, it will be difficult for Rajasthan Royals to compete. However, inform Liam Livingstone and the ICC number 1 T20 spinner, Tabraiz Shamsi can turn out to be the black horse for the team.
Final Predictions
Despite having worthy replacements of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, Rajasthan Royals look a bit weak. Whereas Punjab Kings has a settled line-up consisting of KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran and many more which means that they have an edge over Rajasthan Royals. So we are expecting Punjab Kings to win the match and rise up in the points table.