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Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2024 Match 27 toss: Rajasthan Royals won the toss, and skipper Sanju Samson invited his Punjab Kings’ stand-in counterpart Sam Curran to bat in Match 27 of IPL 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday.
Both teams made changes to their lineups, with Liam Livingstone returning to the Punjab XI and Atharva Taide replacing PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan, who misses his team’s third home game of the season due to a niggle. Rajasthan, meanwhile, missed out on Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin, with Rovman Powell and Tanush Kotian taking their places.
Lineups:
PBKS: Bairstow, Taide, Prabhsimran, Curran (c), Livingstone, Sharma (wk), Shashank, Brar, Patel, Arshdeep, Rabada
RR: Samson (wk/c), Parag, Jurel, Hetmyer, Powell, Kotian, Maharaj, Boult, Khan, Sen, Chahal
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2024 Match 27 preview: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be hoping to bounce back from defeats in their most recent outings in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) when they lock horns in Mullanpur on Saturday.
Both Punjab and Rajasthan would suffer heartbreaking defeats in matches that went down the wire, suffering a two-run and three-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Titans (GT) respectively.
Middle-order batters Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma stitched an unbroken 66-run partnership for the seventh wicket that nearly helped PBKS snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after being set 183 to win by the ‘Orange Army’ in Mullanpur.
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More ShortsTable toppers RR, meanwhile, failed to defend an imposing total of 196 as GT, riding on skipper Shubman Gill’s 44-ball 72 as well as handy cameos from Rahul Tewatia (22) and Rashid Khan (24 not out) got over the line in the final delivery of the match.
Punjab and Rajasthan have squared off a total of 26 times in the league since the inaugural edition in 2008, with RR leading the head-to-head count 15 to 11. Saturday’s encounter, however, will be the first meeting between the two teams at the Maharaja Yajuvendra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, the venue that replaced Mohali’s IS Bindra PCA Stadium as PBKS’ home venue this season.
Squads:
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger, Abid Mushtaq, Sandeep Sharma, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
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