New Delhi: Punjab kings Captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 Confrontation Mullanpur On Saturday.
The hosts have gone with an unchanged play XI from their previous outing. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals welcomed Sanju Samson, who took over as captaincy from Ryan Parag. This season is Samson’s first match as RR captain.
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After donating the role of Impact Player for the first three matches of the season while recovering from a finger injury, Samson is captaining Rajasthan Royals for the first time in IPL 2025.
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PBKs are working with confidence, going to their first domestic game of the season, after starting their campaign with two back-to-back win under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, who broke the half-century consecutively to score 149 runs in two games at more than 200 strike rates.
In his bowling unit led by Arshdeep Singh, one to see Vijaykumar Vyashak, 28-year-old Rukti had a quick impact in the PBKS season-opening win against Gujarat Titans, distributed the game-changing performance as an impact sub, which attracted all attention.
“Looking at the last game, we were playing on a new wicket and we want to see how the pitch plays. Here also as well as the same mentality.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in their previous outing with Nitish Rana and Vanindu Hasranga by six runs with bat and ball respectively. They currently sit in the 9th position in the table, losing two of their first three matches. Royals made only one change in their favor as Tushar Deshpande missed due to a minor injury, and Yudhivir Singh came in.
“To bat first and put it on a decent clan. I could feel what the coaches are doing, a little restless and helpless. But now excited to come back. It’s a new team and team management, we now know each other, and now we are feeling better.
Play xis
Punjab Kings: Prabhasimran Singh (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Suryash Shej, Marco Jenson, Arshdeep Singh, Lockey Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurael (WK), Shimron Hetmier, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thehakshan, Yudhivir Singh Sham.
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