The inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals will face Punjab Kings in the eighth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Wednesday. Both of these teams had gotten off to a winning starts and they will look to carry the same momentum.
RR had won their opening match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by a huge margin of 72 runs after their top-order of Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Sanju Samson had fired at all cylinders.
Furthermore, Yuzvendra Chahal was right on the money as he had scalped four wickets against the Orange Army.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings had also beaten Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs (DLS method). PBKS batters had taken an aggressive approach in the opening game, especially Bhanuka Rajapaksa and they will look to continue the good show against Rajasthan Royals.
Moreover, Arshdeep Singh had scalped three wickets and he made most of the short-pitch deliveries as all of his three dismissals came off bumpers.
Match Prediction: Rajasthan Royals will enter the contest as favorites against Punjab Kings.
PBKS IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL), M. Shahrukh Khan, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Bhatia.
All-rounders: Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone (ENG), Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis (AUS), Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Vidwath Kaverappa.
RR IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.
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