PBKS vs RR: Rajasthan's star players injured, know the playing-11 of both the teams

• Match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals
  
• Rajasthan won the toss and chose bowling
  
• Tanush Kotian will debut for Rajasthan
  

Punjab Kings are facing Rajasthan Royals today in the 27th match of IPL 2024. In this match being played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Sanju Samson has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rajasthan has performed brilliantly this season. The team has won 4 out of 5 matches played so far and RR is on top of the points table. Whereas PBKS has been successful in only 2 out of 5 matches. The team is at 8th position in the points table with 4 points.

Shikhar Dhawan injured

For Rajasthan, Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin are not playing this match due to injury. In such a situation, Rovman Powell and Tanush Kotian have got a chance. This is the debut match of Tanush Kotian. On the other hand, Punjab's regular captain Shikhar Dhawan is injured. In such a situation, Sam Curran is taking charge of Punjab. Whereas Jitesh Sharma has been given the responsibility of vice-captain. Atharva Tayde has got a chance in place of Dhawan.

Rajasthan's burden is heavy

If we look at the head to head statistics between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, RR looks stronger. So far 26 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL. During this period, RR has won 15 matches. Also PBKS has won 11 matches. If we look at the last 5 matches between the two teams, RR has won 3 matches while Punjab has 2 wins in its account.

Probable playing-11 of both the teams

Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Atharva Tayde, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada.

Impact Player: Rahul Chahar, Ashutosh Sharma, Widow Kavirappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Nathan Ellis

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper/captain), Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq