Rajasthan Royals will meet Punjab Kings in their second away game of the Indian Premier League 2024 campaign at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday.
The PBKS vs RR match on April 13 is scheduled to start at 7.30 PM IST. TheIPL 2024 match will be available to watch on live streaming for free in India.
The Royals lost their previous match to Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Jaipur on Wednesday which ended their unbeaten run in this IPL campaign.
Riyan Parag and skipper Sanju Samson starred with the bat in the game while Kuldeep Sen, playing his first match for the Royals this season, was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings suffered a narrow 2-run loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last outing at Mullanpur on Tuesday.
From the five matches that the Royals have played so far in IPL 2024, Parag has amassed 261 runs averaging 87.00 at a strike rate of 158.18 whereas Sanju has 246 runs at an average of 82.00 and a strike rate of 157.69. Both Parag and Samson continue to be in the top-five run-getters list this season.
On the bowling front, Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up 10 wickets for the Royals this season and is currently the joint-highest wicket-taker in IPL 2024.
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals standings
Rajasthan Royals are currently on top of the IPL 2024 points table with eight points and a net run rate of +0.871. The Royals have won four matches and lost one.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings have played five games this season, winning two and losing three. PBKS are eighth in the IPL standings with four points and an NRR of -0.196.
PBKS vs RR form in IPL
RR have won four of their last five matches in the IPL coming into Saturday's game whereas PBKS have won two in their last five outings.
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
GT | Jaipur | Lost | April 10, 2024 | 3 wickets |
RCB | Jaipur | Won | April 6, 2024 | 6 wickets |
MI | Mumbai | Won | April 1, 2024 | 6 wickets |
DC | Jaipur | Won | March 28, 2024 | 12 runs |
LSG | Jaipur | Won | March 24, 2024 | 20 runs |
Punjab Kings last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
SRH | Mullanpur | Lost | April 9, 2024 | 2 runs |
GT | Ahmedabad | Won | April 4, 2024 | 3 wickets |
LSG | Lucknow | Lost | March 30, 2024 | 21 runs |
RCB | Bengaluru | Lost | March 25, 2024 | 4 wickets |
DC | Mullanpur | Won | March 23, 2024 | 4 wickets |
The two teams have played each other 26 times in the IPL. The Royals have been victorious on 15 occasions, with PBKS winning 11.
The last time the two sides met, at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala during IPL 2023, it was Rajasthan Royals who finished on top defeating Punjab Kings by four wickets.
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals players
The Royals’ captain Samson is the most prolific run-getter against Punjab Kings in the current squad with 702 runs from 21 matches at an average of 39.00 and strike rate of 143.85. Incidentally, Sanju Samson’s highest score in the IPL (119 off 63 balls) came against the Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2021.
Parag and Samson together have scored close to 60 percent of the total runs that the Royals have scored in IPL 2024 with Parag being the highest accumulator in the middle overs (7-15) among all teams. Both Parag and Samson are yet to be dismissed against spin this season.
The Royals also boast the second-best scoring rate in the death overs (16-20) in IPL 2024, averaging 12.30 runs per over and hitting a boundary every 3.8 balls during this phase.
With the ball, the Royals have been brilliant upfront with the left-arm combination of Trent Boult and Nandre Burger picking up nine wickets from the first six overs. Against Punjab Kings, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin have been the tormentors with a total of 29 and 20 scalps, respectively.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker in the history of the IPL and is just three wickets away from achieving the 200-wicket milestone in the tournament.
Rajasthan Royals squad: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj
Punjab Kings squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Harpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Chris Woakes, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals stats
- 50: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 1 six away from 50 sixes in IPL
- 3500: Sanju Samson is 43 runs away from 3500 runs for RR in IPL
- 200: Yuzvendra Chahal is 3 wickets away from 200 wickets in IPL
- 200: Sanju Samson is 8 sixes away from 200 sixes in IPL
- 4000: Shimron Hetmyer needs 33 runs for 4000 runs in T20s
Where to watch Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals live
Live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings match will be available on the Jio Cinema App and website. The RR vs PBKS match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. The match will start at 7.30 PM IST.
PBKS vs RR venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium records
- Highest team total: 182/9 by SRH vs PBKS, 2024
- Lowest team total: 174/9 by DC vs PBKS, 2024
- Highest individual score: 64 by Nitish Kumar Reddy, SRH vs PBKS, 2024
- Best bowling figures: 4/29 by Arshdeep Singh, PBKS vs SRH, 2024
- Highest partnership: 67 by Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone, fifth wicket, PBKS vs DC, 2024
- Win rate batting first: 50% (1 Won; 1 Lost)
- Average first innings score: 178
- Average winning score: 182
