Rajasthan Royals will host Punjab Kings in match no. 8 of Indian Premier League 2023 at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, April 4. Sanju Samson-led RR head into the match after picking up a massive 72-run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening game. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, head into the match after beating Kolkata by seven runs (DLS) method in their IPL 2023 campaign opener.
Both teams displayed an all-round show in their previous games, as Bhanuka Rajapaksa led Punjab Kings’ batting order with a 50 off 32 before Arshdeep Singh starred with 3/19 in three overs. Samson, Jos Buttler and Yashashvi Jaiswal hit fifties for Rajasthan Royals, whereas Yuzvendra Chahal registered a four-wicket haul. Heading into the much-anticipated RR vs PBKS match, here’s all the important details you need to know about the match, scheduled to be played on Wednesday at 7:30 PM IST.RR vs PBKS, IPL 2023: Punjab vs RR Probable team
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Jos Buttler (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shikhar Dhawan (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings: RR vs PBKS Head-to-head stats
RR and PBKS have previously clashed on a total of 24 occasions. The 2008 IPL winners RR lead the head-to-head records against Punjab with 14 wins, while the 2016 champions have won a total of 10 times. In the last game they played during IPL 2022, RR picked up a 6-wicket win over PBKS.
