Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
Blog Highlights @
66th Match:
The match between PBKS and RR is the sixty-sixth meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on May 19th 2023. The stadium is a home ground for PBKS for IPL 2023 (for last two (2) games).
PBKS vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 25 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 11 times, whereas RR won 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR are WLLWL.
@ PBKS Backyard:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of PBKS. The home team won 5 times and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR are WWLWL.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (PBKS):
The team completed 236 games, out of them the team won 111 times and lost 125 times.
The team is at the eighth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fourth to sixth place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the eighth (same) place with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are LWLLW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for PBKS are LLLLL.
The Visiting Team (RR):
The team completed 214 games, out of them the team won 107 times and lost 102 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the sixth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fourth or fifth place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the seventh or eighth place with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LWLLL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RR are WLLWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Dharamsala shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 7% as of now, so there would be extremely less chances of rain. The temperature would be between 20 to 24 Celsius. The wind would be between 6 to 12 km/h. The speed of wind would increase gradually and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 1 time in 10 games. The selection favored the team, as the team won.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W – – – -.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2011.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLLWW.
The first batting team won the matches 6 times, Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWWLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 5 times and lost 5 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWW.
The Home Side (PBKS):
The team won the toss 4 times in 10 played games. The team won 2 times and lost 2 times, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLW -.
The team never lost any encounter after choosing to bat first, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWLWL.
The side has never been sent to the field after losing the toss, till date.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 170 runs in 2011. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 193 runs in 2010.
The first inning lowest total was 120 runs in 2012, and the highest total was 232 runs in 2011. For the second inning, the lowest total was 116 runs in 2011, whereas the highest was 198 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 39.87 and 21.63 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue, yet. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RR at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (PBKS):
The team has an average record at the venue. The team won 5 times and lost also 5 times out of 10 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWWLW.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team had never got a chance to play at the venue, till date. The upcoming outing will be the first for the team.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are – – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with an unchanged unit despite the defeat.
Punjab Kings Eleven: S. Dhawan, + P. Singh, A. Taide, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, S. Curran, M. Shahrukh Khan, H. Brar, R. Chahar, K. Rabada, A. Singh, + N. Ellis
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with T. Boult in place of A. Zampa.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, J. Buttler, S. Samson, + D. Padikkal, J. Root, S. Hetmyer, D. Jurel, R. Ashwin, T. Boult, + Y. Chahal, S. Sharma, KM. Asif
*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: "***" means the match was tied and the first super over was also tied and the match was decided through the second super over. *Notes: “+” indicates an impact player. *Notes: Image was taken from a google search. *Notes: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/pbks-vs-rr-ipl-2023-fate-out-of-their-own-hands-rajasthan-royals-and-punjab-kings-face-desperate-situation/articleshow/100325194.cms
