A big match will be played between Rajasthan and Punjab on Friday (PC:iplt20)
PBKS vs RR, IPL 2023: The 66th match of IPL 2023 will be played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams are currently on the same boat. It is a do or die fight for both. To keep their hopes alive in IPL 2023, victory in this match is necessary for both Punjab and Rajasthan. Rajasthan is at the sixth position with 12 points and Punjab is at the 8th position with the same number of points. The net run rate of Rajasthan is much better than that of Punjab.
Though it seems difficult for both of them to make it to the top 4, no one has given up hope. Whichever of the two wins, he will get 14 points. After this he will have to pray that Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore lose their last match. However, one has to pray that Bangalore lose the match by a big margin and they themselves win big, because the run rate of Bangalore is much better than that of Rajasthan and Punjab.
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Focus on net run rate as well
If the matter gets stuck on the net run rate, then the Bangalore team can win. In such a situation, the effort of Rajasthan and Punjab will have to register a big victory. Both will be face to face for the second time this season. In the last encounter, Punjab had won by 5 runs. Rajasthan had started the IPL 2023 brilliantly. Out of the first 5 matches, she had won 4 matches, but after that she could not maintain her rhythm.
Sweeps with the wrong foot, the name is Joe Root! pic.twitter.com/fCNmL9ZxKN
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 18, 2023
Prabhsimran returns to form
Rajasthan’s effort will be on a tremendous comeback. The good news for Punjab is that their opener Prabhsimran has returned to form. He also scored a century against Delhi. Rajasthan’s batsmen will have to stay away from Nathan Ellis, who had written their defeat by taking 4 wickets in the previous encounter.
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PBKS vs RR: Dream 11 Prediction
captain- sanju samson
vice captain- Yashasvi Jaiswal
wicket keeper- joss butler
Batsman Shikhar Dhawan, Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel
Allrounder- Sam Curran, Liam Livingston, R Ashwin
bowler- Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal