🏏IPL 2023: Match 66 - PBKS vs RR on 19/05/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 2

Did you know?

- Sandeep Sharma has played six T20s in Dharamsala and has picked up 10 wickets at an average of 14.20, with a strike rate of 14.40 and an economy of 5.91.

- Chahal has bagged 29 wickets in 18 games against the Kings while Ashwin has picked up 20 off 20 matches against them. Ashwin has an economy of 7.23 against the side while Chahal's is slightly higher at 8.12.

- Liam Livingstone, who has struck 450 runs at a strike rate of 206.42 against right-arm fast/seam, has the best strike rate against this bowling type (Min. 50 runs) in the IPL.

What they said:

"I feel we have good swing bowlers. When you bowl in such conditions you try to bowl in the right areas, bowl good lengths and try to swing the ball till it is swinging. And then after that you need to bowl your variations. yesterday we saw the game and it is always easier to plan your bowling seeing other games. We saw yesterday when people were trying to bowl yorkers more, it was going out of the ground. They were not executing their yorkers because of dew. We will sit today and try to make better plans" - Sandeep Sharma, on the learnings from the PBKS-DC game.

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Date: 19/05/2023

Deadline for toss prediction: 7:00PM IST

Deadline for rest of the predictions: 7:30PM IST

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Post for Pitch Report from the stadium closer to the game

Edited to add:

Pitch Report | Murali Kartik and Matthew Hayden: "It's the same surface which was used against DC. Talking about dimensions, it's equidistant on either side - 65 metres apiece, a hit straight downtown is 76 metres. Tonight it's a similar surface, although I do note one change is it there isn't so much of that green, that live grass into it. It's not going to have as much movement off the seam inside the powerplay. Don't think it's gonna help the spinners much either. Good batting track. I would bat first, the dew is not going to be a factor either. Bat first, know your total and get about defending it. That's key tonight."

The wicket at Dharamsala is going to favour the batters as we saw in the last game. And expect some power-hitting from both sides. Both sides don't have much to lose and would want to finish on a high and then pray for a suitable weekend.

Final players list and subs list when they are announced.

Edited to add:

Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

RR Impact Subs: Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Akash Vasisht, Kuldeep Sen, Murugan Ashwin.

PBKS Impact Subs: Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Matthew Short.

Still 3 hours are left😛

Originally posted by: Savera84

Impact Player strategy

Kings could once again bring in Prabhsimran Singh as their Impact Player in place of one of the seamers, if they chase. Likewise, they could start with Prabhsimran if they bat first and then introduce a bowler for their defence.

Punjab Kings probable XII: 1 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 2 Prabhsimran Singh, 3 Atharva Taide, 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 M Shahrukh Khan, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Kagiso Rabada/Sikandar Raza, 11 Nathan Ellis, 12 Arshdeep Singh

As far as the Impact Player rule is concerned, Royals have not followed a consistent pattern. It's quite hard to predict their Impact Player.

Rajasthan Royals probable XII: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Sanju Samson (capt, wk), 4 Devdutt Padikkal, 5 Joe Root, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Dhruv Jurel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Adam Zampa/Trent Boult, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Sandeep Sharma, 12 KM Asif

Supporting RR today. I guess RR & PBKS are out of playoffs

Thanks for the tag and thread, Raji!❤️

Thanks for the tag Raji

Originally posted by: Lostsoul11

Supporting RR today. I guess RR & PBKS are out of playoffs

Cheers..