Rajasthan Royals win the toss against Punjab Kings; choose to bat first

The 65th match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. However, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bat first.

RR won eight games so far and lost four as well. On the other hand, PBKS won four games so far and they lost eight games as well. However, both teams will try to win the game and keep the momentum on. This is going to be an exciting match for both teams as well.

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IPL 2024: RR vs PBKS, Match 65: Who said what at the toss?

Sam Curran: Tonight we play a really good team, and we can spoil a few campaigns now and finish with some pride. We’ve had a really good squad but some of those games we didn’t win the big moments. We are about 2-3 wins away from qualifying and we aren’t there becasue we didn’t capitalise on the big moments. Tonight, we play a good side and I believe in character, I certainly don’t want to lose tonight and hopefully I can rub that off on the players. We’ve lost a few players, KG is out and Nathan Ellis gets a game. Brar also comes back into the line-up.

Sanju Samson: We’ll bat first in these conditions. This is a second home for us, we have spend quite a bit of time here. We spent two days to assess on whether there is dew, and there isn’t any. The team, the batting and bowling unit are doing great. Everyone is chill and we are excited to come out and play a great game of cricket. (On securing qualification) I’d be lying if I say no, the camp looks a lot more relaxed. We’ll miss Jos and Kohler-Cadmore comes in, and we might have Ferreira as an impact sub later.

Playing XIs:

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (w), Sam Curran (c), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Tanay Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Singh Bhatia

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira