PBKS vs RR Match Prediction: Punjab Kings will play against Rajasthan Royals on April 5 at their home ground Mullanpur Stadium in Chandigarh. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer Punjab Kings have played 2 matches this season so far and have won both. On the other hand if we talk about Rajasthan Royals then Sanju Samson will be seen taking over the captaincy again from this match. His team has played three matches so far out of which they have won only one. In such a situation while the Punjab Kings team will be eyeing to maintain their winning streak the Rajasthan Royals team will want to get their second win. In such a situation all eyes will be on which team can have the upper hand in this match.
Pitch Report of Mullanpur Cricket Stadium
If we talk about the pitch of Mullanpur Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh then the first match of this season of IPL will be played here. Last season a total of 5 IPL matches were played here out of which 3 times the team chasing the target was successful in winning the match while 2 times the team batting first won the match. At the same time due to the pace present on the pitch here it can help the fast bowlers in the beginning due to which scoring runs will not be an easy task for the batsmen. If we talk about the average score of the first innings here in IPL then it is close to 165 to 170 runs.
Probable playing 11 for this match of both the teams
Punjab Kings – Priyansh Arya Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper) Shreyas Iyer (captain) Shashank Singh Marcus Stoinis Glenn Maxwell Suryansh Shedge Marco Jansen Lockie Ferguson Yuzvendra Chahal Arshdeep Singh.
Rajasthan Royals – Yashasvi Jaiswal Sanju Samson (captain) Nitish Rana Riyan Parag Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper) Shimron Hetmyer Wanindu Hasaranga Jofra Archer Mahesh Teekshna Sandeep Sharma Tushar Deshpande.
All eyes will be on the performance of Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson
In this match all eyes will be on the performance of Punjab Kings team captain Shreyas Iyer who has played 2 matches so far this season and has returned to the pavilion unbeaten in both. Iyer’s bat has so far scored 149 runs in 2 matches in which he has managed to score half-centuries in both innings. Apart from this the performance of captain Sanju Samson is going to be very important for the Rajasthan Royals team in this match whose bat has been seen speaking in only one match so far.
Who can win this match
If we look at the form in the current season of IPL it seems to be in favor of Punjab Kings team while if we look at the statistics then Rajasthan Royals team seems to have the upper hand. So far 28 matches have been played between the two teams in which Rajasthan team has won 16 while Punjab team has managed to win 12 matches. The role of toss is going to be very important in this match because chasing the target can be a little easier for the team batting later. However cricket is called a game of uncertainties. In such a situation it is definitely difficult to predict anything in this game.
