PBKS vs RR Highlights, IPL 2023: Hetmyer's late blitz helps Rajasthan Royals win by 4 wickets, Punjab Kings knocked out

Jaiswal is RR's highest run-scorer this season with 575 runs in IPL 2023, and is also third in the Orange Cap race.

PBKS: L-W-L-L-W

RR: L-W-L-L-L

The small boundaries and the dew factor could lead to teams preferring to chase in the venue. The weather is expected to be clear!

“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”

After a bright start to their campaign, PBKS have found it hard to bag wins in IPL 2023. In their last six games, they have only won once so far.

Chahal has taken 29 wickets in 18 matches vs PBKS, at 8.12 economy. Ashwin has scalped 20 dismissals in 20 matches against them, with an economy of 7.23.

Livingstone has a stunning strike rate of 217 vs pace bowling in IPL 2023, but it falls to 98 vs spin. It will be concern for him tonight!

Ashwin has a good record vs Dhawan in T20s. The spinner has only leaked 92 runs off 109 balls, at a strike rate of less than 85 and has also taken his wicket four times.

Sandeep has featured in six T20s in Dharamshala and has taken 10 wickets at an average of 14.20, with a strike rate of 14.40 and 5.91 economy.

The last time both sides met was in Match 8, where PBKS won by five runs. Chasing a target of 198 runs, RR reached 192/7 in 20 overs, despite knock of 42 runs off 25 balls by Samson. Meanwhile, Ellis took four wickets for PBKS and Arshdeep scalped two. Initially, an unbeaten knock of 86 runs off 56 balls by Dhawan helped PBKS post 197/4 in 20 overs. For RR's bowling department, Holder took two wickets.

RR are currently sixth in the standings with 12 points in 13 games and PBKS are eighth with the same number of points.

Samson is the highest run-scorer in RR vs PBKS IPL matches, with 552 runs in 15 matches, at an average of 46.00 and a strike rate of 152.90.

Both sides have faced each other in 25 matches, with RR leading 14-11 vs PBKS in terms of head-to-head.

Shikhar Dhawan(c), Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Singh

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Jason Holder, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy, Riyan Parag, Devdutt Padikkal, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Donavon Ferreira, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore

Both sides are standing on palanquins off the same ship here and one of them has to push the other closer to the edge to stay alive. And even if they do that, their fate is not in their hands. Punjab Kings have been inconsistent throughout the season, as is normally the case with them every season, while RR started off looking like the team to beat before spectacularly tailing off in the last few matches. May the worse team lose...