Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
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52nd Match:
The match between PBKS and RR is the fifty-second meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 7th 2022.
PBKS vs RR History:
The teams competed against each other 23 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 10 times, whereas RR won 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR are LWLLW.
PBKS Home:
The teams competed 7 times at the home ground of PBKS. The home team won 4 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR are WWLLW.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 6 times at the home ground of RR. The host won 5 times. On the other hand, visitors won just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against PBKS are LWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. PBKS won 5 times including one super over victory in a tied game, whereas RR also won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR are LWLLW.
Teams and Ranks:
Punjab Kings:
The team completed 219 games, out of them the team won 103 times and lost 116 times.
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the third to fifth places with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to the current (seventh) position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WLWLL.
Rajasthan Royals:
The team completed 194 games, out of them the team won 97 times and lost 92 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the second or third (current) place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in any of the third (current) to fifth positions with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LLWWW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty sunny and clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 31 throughout the play. The wind would be between 19 to 23 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would be steady throughout the game.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 24 times in 96 games. The selection slightly favored the teams, as the team won 13 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWW*LL.
The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2017.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 39 times and lost 33 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWLL.
The first batting team won the matches 46 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 50 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 52 times including a tied outing and lost 44 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWL.
PBKS:
The team won the toss 4 times in 16 played games. The team is still searching for the first win after winning the toss.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLL -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLLLW.
RR:
The team won the toss 9 times in 17 played games. Out of them, the team won 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWWLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.76 and 25.50 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other once at the venue. PBKS won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
PBKS:
The team had a poor record at the venue, as the team won 7 times and lost 9 times in 16 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are WLLLW.
RR:
The team had a below average record at the venue, as the team won 8 times and lost 9 times in 17 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LWWLW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team would like to go with a winning combination.
Punjab Kings Eleven: J. Bairstow, S. Dhawan, M. Agarwal, B. Rajapaksa, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, R. Dhawan, K. Rabada, R. Chahar, A. Singh, S. Sharma
Rajasthan Royals:
The team would like to go with Y. Jaiswal in place of K. Nair.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, Y. Jaiswal, D. Padikkal, S. Samson, R. Parag, S. Hetmyer, R. Ashwin, T. Boult, P. Krishna, Y. Chahal, K. Sen
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.tv9hindi.com/sports/cricket-news/pbks-vs-rr-prediction-playing-xi-ipl-punjab-kings-vs-rajasthan-royals-team-best-pick-players-to-watch-7th-may-in-hindi-au149-1216982.html
