Today’s and 4th match of the IPL 2021 will be played between RR (Rajasthan Royals) and PBKS (Punjab Kings) previously known as Kings XI Punjab(KXIP). The game will be starting at 7:30 PM April 12 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both the team is waiting for victory in their 1st match.
The Rajasthan Royals’ bowling unit isn’t as powerful as Jofra Archer is recovering from a hand injury while Mustafizur Rahman won’t be available for the first game. However, the Royals can take heart from the fact that on the head-to-head, count, they are leading the Punjab-based team by 12-9.
As far as PBKS (Punjab Kings) is concerned, they roped in ICC’s no.1 ranked T20I batsman, Dawid Malan, but their bowling seems to lack a bit of experience. Both Punjab and Rajasthan are equally matched and a competitive game seems to be in the offing on Monday.
Match Details
Match – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings – 4th match
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time – 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT
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RR vs PBKS My Dream11 Team
Wicketkeeper – KL Rahul (C), Jos Buttler (VC)
Batsmen – Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Yashasvi Jaiswal
All-rounder – Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia
Bowlers – Mohammed Shami, Jhye Richardson, Kartik Tyagi, Ravi Bishnoi
Pitch Report
The pitch in Mumbai has been a batsman’s paradise and a bowler’s graveyard. The fact that dew is expected to play a part will make bowling an arduous task. Hence, batting second should be the way forward. The pacers are likely to get some assistance from the surface. The playing conditions would be clear with the temperature around 31 degrees Celsius. The humidity will mostly be in the 40s.
Avg first innings score: 177 (Last 8 IPL T20s at the Wankhede)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 5, Lost – 2, Tied – 1
Probable Playing XIs:
Rajasthan Royals
Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye/Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi
Bench: Liam Livingstone/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Mahipal Lomror, Jaydev Unadkat/Andrew Tye, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Chetan Sakariya, Jofra Archer, Mustafizur Rahman, KC Cariappa, Mayank Markande, Kuldip Yadav
Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (C and WK), Chris Gayle/Dawid Malan, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan/Deepak Hooda, Mandeep Singh/Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan/Fabian Allen, Jhye Richardson/Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami
Bench: Mandeep Singh/Shahrukh Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Dawid Malan/Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda/Sarfaraz Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Fabian Allen/Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Ishan Porel, Riley Meredith/Jhye Richardson, Darshan Nalkande
Head-to-Head
Overall
Played – 21 | Rajasthan Royals– 12 | Punjab Kings – 9 |N/R – 0
At neutral venues
Played – 8 | Rajasthan Royals – 4 | Punjab Kings – 4 |N/R – 0
The probable best batsman of the match
KL Rahul- Punjab Kings
KL Rahul, the Orange Cap holder of IPL 2020, has a decent record against PBKS. In nine games against them, he has notched 390 runs at an average and strike rate of 55.71 and 125.40 respectively. The right-hander has also scored four fifties against them with a top score of an unbeaten 95. In the 2019 edition of the tournament, he also got a century in Mumbai.
Probable best bowler of the match
Chris Morris– Rajasthan Royals
Chris Morris set to make his debut for the Royals and he is expected to lead their bowling attack in the first game. Against Punjab, the speedster has bowled 40 overs in which he has picked up 13 wickets with best figures of 3/23 and a decent economy rate of 6.88. Not to forget that Morris can be more than handy with the bat in hand and can churn out some lusty blows in need.
RR Vs KXIP(PBKS) Match Prediction: Who will Win Today
In the today match prediction ipl As we have read above that RR is as powerful as Punjab if we compare batting units but RR bowling squad is not enough stronger. So the game prediction is a little confusing.
Prediction: Rajasthan Royal (RR) will win the match.
Ipl Toss Prediction
IPL toss prediction and any matches toss prediction are not possible but if someone predicts it happens luck by chance. So its my own prediction and it totally depends on my luck. today ipl toss will done on 7:00 PM and the today ipl toss winner will be RR (Rajasthan Royal).