RR VS PBKS DREAM11 TEAM PREDICTION | राजस्थान रॉयल्स vs पंजाब किंग्स dream11
Venue and records
Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, April 11, 2021, 19:30 IST
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Pitch रिपोर्ट
The teams will be greeted by Mumbai's humidity. Dew will be a factor for teams opting to bat second which makes the toss quite significant. In IPL hosted by India in the recent seasons, chasing teams have had advantages at the start of the season with fresh tracks and effect of dew later.
In the four recent matches between these two sides, the lowest score has been 170.
Last year in Sharjah, Punjab Kings made 223 and then saw Tewatia sensationally take them down at the death in an innings for the ages.
Both Punjab Kings and Royals were joint toppers for the worst economy (8.3) in the Powerplays last season. Very little separated their death overs bowling too. While the Royals went at 11.6, the Kings were only marginally behind at 11.2.
In Archer's absence, Morris, who returns to the Royals, will have a key role to play. Last season, his presence tremendously boosted Royal Challengers Bangalore's death-overs bowling. With him in the side, they conceded at just 8.3 in the death over eight games. Without Morris, this economy shot up to 12.4. Overall, Morris has the third-best economy among 43 pacers to have bowled 40+ overs in the death in the IPL
Team news
Jofra Archer will miss the first four games, after undergoing a finger surgery in the last week of March in England. He's also been troubled by an elbow issue. In his absence, it's likely one of Mustafizur or Tye will get the nod. It's likely they won't have the services of David Miller, who is still finishing quarantine and has to undergo a few medical tests before getting a clearance. Kings have everyone fit and available for selection.
RR VS BPKS PLAYING 11
Rajasthan Royals:
1 Ben Stokes, 8m 285r 2w
2 Yashasvi Jaiswal/ 3m 40r
Manan Vohra,
3 Sanju Samson 14m 375r
4 Jos Buttler, 13m 328r
5 Riyan Parag, 12m 86r
6 Shivam Dube,
7 Chris Morris,
8 Rahul Tewatia, 14m 255r 10w
9 Shreyas Gopal, 14m 10w
10 Andrew Tye, 1m 1w
11 Kartik Tyagi/ 10m 9w
Jaydev Unadkat 7m 4w
Missing players
Jofra Archer
Mustafizur Rahman, Andrew Tye and David Miller's availability
Punjab Kings:
1 KL Rahul (capt, wk), 14m 670r
2 Mayank Agarwal, 11m 424r
3 Chris Gayle, 7m 288r
4 Nicholas Pooran, 14m 253r
5 Moises Henriques,
6 Shahrukh Khan,
7 Jalaj Saxena/Saurabh Kumar,
8 Riley Meredith,
9 M Ashwin/ 9m 10w
Ravi Bishnoi, 14m 12w
10 Arshdeep Singh, 8m 9w
11 Mohammed Shami 14m 20w
SOME EXTRA TIPS
Buttler has had the most success in the IPL as an opener, his average of 40.7 and strike rate of 157 across 31 innings
Liam Livingstone, who they have re-signed. The England batsman has had an excellent last 12 months, for Lancashire in the Blast and for Perth Scorchers, for whom he was the second highest run-scorer in BBL Agarwal
Chris Gayle acclimatised superbly to the No. 3 position after coming into the XI halfway through IPL 2020, but is there a case of opening with him alongside Mayank Agarwal
In the 21 games the two sides have played, RR lead the head-to-head count with 12 wins.
Royals have a good record at the Wankheded, having won both their games against MI in their last two visits to this venue.
both the matches against RR last season, skipper Rahul’s slow innings made PBKS post below-par totals which were chased down by RR.
In death overs in last two years in IPL, Shami’s tally of 25 wickets is bettered only by Rabada (39) and Bumrah (28).
In the last two seasons RR were the worst bowling side in death overs – ER of 11.34 in 2019 and 11.60 in 2020 – despite the presence of Archer
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