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Rajasthan Royals will face Punjab Kings in the 65th match of the Indian Premier League 2024. This match will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, the second home ground of Rajasthan, from 7.30 pm. The toss of this match will take place at 7 pm. Both the teams will face each other for the second time this season. In the last match, Rajasthan had defeated Punjab by 3 wickets at home. Rajasthan would like to win today's match and end the league stage by staying in the top-2. At the same time, Punjab team is already out of the race for playoffs. Rajasthan has 16 points from 12 matches with 8 wins and 4 losses. The team is at second place in the points table. At the same time, Punjab team is at the bottom 10th position in the table. The team has 8 points from 12 matches with 4 wins and 8 losses.
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Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 486 runs in 12 matches. These include 5 half-centuries. At the same time, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has taken maximum 15 wickets from the team. Punjab's Shashank Singh, Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh are in excellent form. Shashank Singh is the team's top scorer with 352 runs. Harshal Patel is on top in bowling. He has taken 20 wickets in 12 matches.
Talking about the teams here, Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler will not play in today's match. Buttler will no longer take part in IPL 2024 as he has gone back to England. Rajasthan Royals have also shared the video of their return to England on social media. At the same time, Punjab Kings and England all-rounder Liam Livingston has also gone back to England from the Punjab camp. He has decided to get his knee injury repaired before the T20 World Cup to be held in June.
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Talking about head to head here, 27 IPL matches have been played between the two teams so far. Of these, 17 matches have been won by Rajasthan and 11 matches by Punjab. Both the teams have faced each other once on this ground in Guwahati. Punjab had won that match by 5 runs. If we talk about the pitch itself, the pitch of Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati is suitable for batting. Till now only high scoring competitions have been seen here. Only 2 IPL matches have been played here so far. In both the matches, the team batting first has won. The team's best score here is 199, which Rajasthan made against Delhi Capitals last season.
Teams probable playing-11
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvender Chahal.
Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (captain), Prabhasimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Riley Rousseau, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.