In the 18th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will face each other on Saturday, April 5. In the 18th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Saturday, April 5.
PBKS has struggled at home in recent seasons, with multiple venues including Mohali, Mullanpur, and Dharamsala. They’ve won only one game in Mullanpur and are yet to win in Dharamsala. However, under coach Ricky Ponting and captain Shreyas Iyer, they’ve started the season strong with two wins.
Rajasthan Royals, after two early losses, bounced back with a win against Chennai Super Kings. Despite the win, they still have issues to address, especially with leadership. Riyan Parag had captained the team while Sanju Samson was injured, but now Samson is fit and ready to lead.
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In their head-to-head record, Rajasthan Royals lead 16-12, with six wins out of nine since 2020.
“We’ll bowl first. Looking at the last game, we were playing on a new wicket and we want to see how the pitch plays. Same mindset here as well. We need to stabilise the rhythm from game one and that’s happened. Important to steady the ship from here, boys are in high spirits.”
“Need to maintain composure and calmness throughout the season. We’ve played the practice games here so we know how the wicket will play. We played our last two games on red soil so hopefully we can adapt early. We have the mindset of champions. Bowling first, no changes for us. Will change things around maybe with the impact sub.”
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“Pretty happy to bat first and put on a decent total. We have a small niggle for Tushar Deshpande, so he’s out for today and Yudhvir comes in for him.”
IPL 2025: List of impact players nominated by PBKS and RR in match 18
Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar
IPL 2025: PBKS vs RR – Playing XIs:
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Sandeep Sharma
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