The PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 match will be played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur on Saturday, April 5. It is one of the newly added venues in the IPL since 2025.
Mullanpur is one of the two home venues for Punjab Kings, the other being the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. Heading into this game, PBKS are topping the points table while RR are languishing at ninth on the IPL 2025 points table.
The two teams have played some really close contests in the past. RR will be boosted by the return of Sanju Samson as skipper for this game. He was given the clearance to keep wickets at the BCCI COE. The Royals missed Samson's presence in the field as a skipper in both their losses. This is a must-win match for the Royals to move up the IPL 2025 points table.
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PBKS vs RR Pitch Report
This is the very first game in Mullanpur in this edition of the IPL. This being the first match, the captain who wins the toss would like to field first and assess the conditions and know the target that they are chasing. All the matches played last year at this venue where high-scoring contests. Thus, it can be expected that the first match might be a high-scoring game as well. The average first innings score at this venue is almost 200. Statistically, spinners had an economy rate of 7.08 here in IPL 2024, the lowest among the 13 venues last year.
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PBKS vs RR Weather Report
The match starts from 7.30 pm IST. The weather conditions in the evening are expected to be clear. The humidity will be close to 35 percent and there is no chance of rain. It will be interesting to see the impact of dew in the first game at this venue. There is no rain threat in this match.
PBKS vs RR Squads
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Akash Madhwal
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash
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