In the Indian Premier League today, the league stage match will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. The match will start at 7:30 PM in Guwahati. The most under-rated rivalry in IPL history between the two teams began in 2019. When Ravichandran Ashwin, playing for Punjab, won the match for his team by mankading Jos Buttler of Rajasthan.
In the following story, we will get to know some exciting past matches of the rivalry of both the teams. Along with this, we will also look at the head-to-head record of both, top players, pitch report, weather condition, possible playing-11 and impact players.
Rajasthan beat Hyderabad at home
Rajasthan Royals started the tournament with a win. The team defeated the home team by a huge margin of 72 runs in Hyderabad. Jose Butler, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Captain Sanju Samson had scored Fifty. At the same time, Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets for 17 runs in the second innings.
The team may have 4 overseas Butler, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder and Trent Boult against Punjab. Apart from these, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yashasvi and Devdutt Paddikal are also strengthening the team.
Punjab had won in a close match
Punjab Kings had also won their first match of the league. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs under the DLS method in Mohali. Arshdeep Singh, who took 3 wickets, was the player of the match. At the same time, Bhannuka Rajapaksa, Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Karan did well in batting.
Kagiso Rabada will return to the Punjab team against Rajasthan. Bhanuka Rajapakse, Sikandar Raza and Sam Karan can be the rest of the foreign players in the team. Apart from these, Dhawan, Arshdeep and Rahul Chahar are also giving strength to the team.
Ashwin-Butler started the rivalry
The rivalry between Rajasthan and Punjab started increasing from 2019. Then in Jaipur, Punjab, captained by Ravichandran Ashwin, scored 184 runs in the first innings. In response, Rajasthan were in a position to win the match till the 12th over, but in the 13th over, Ashwin dismissed Butler, who was batting on 69. After this wicket, Rajasthan lost the match by 14 runs.
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After this match, in 2020, Rajasthan's Rahul Tewatia made his team chase a target of 224 by hitting 5 sixes in Punjab's Sheldon Cottrell's over. In 2021, Karthik Tyagi of Rajasthan defended 4 runs in the last over against Punjab to give his team a 2-run win.
In the head-to-head, there has been a close fight between the two Rajasthan forward teams for the last few years. In such a situation, today again it is expected to see an exciting contest between the two. Talking about head-to-head matches, both the teams have played 24 matches among themselves. Royals won 14 times and Kings 10 times.
Pitch Report
The pitch at Baraspara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati is batters friendly. The average score here is 153 runs and the spinners are also helped on the pitch. However, in the match played between India and South Africa in October 2022, a total of 458 runs were scored. Only 6 wickets could fall for both the teams. In such a situation, the team winning the toss may prefer to chase.
Weather condition:
Wednesday night's temperature in Guwahati will be between 23 to 25 degree Celsius. it will not rain. The team bowling later may find it difficult to grip the ball due to dew.
Possible playing 11 of both the teams...
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Paddikal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Players: Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Murugan Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sikandar Raza, Sam Karan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Players: Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Tayde.
