Match Details
The 32nd Match of the Indian T20 League will see the Punjab and Rajasthan sides battling against each other. The venue for this match will be the Dubai International Stadium.
This match will be streamed on Hotstar and will begin at 07:30 PM IST.
Preview
Team Punjab and Team Rajasthan are both placed at the lower half of the points table in the Indian T20 league, and both these sides experienced mediocre runs in the first leg of the tournament.
While the Rajasthan outfit is placed at the 5th place in the points table, having mustered 3 wins in their 7 matches, the Punjab side is occupying 6th place, having won 3 out of their 8 games. Both these teams will be desperate to post a win and move up the points table.
Probable Playing XIs for Punjab vs Rajasthan
Punjab
Predicted XI:
Lokesh Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Harpreet Brar, Adil Rashid, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin / Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan
Predicted XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, David Miller, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Tabraiz Shamsi
Captaincy Picks for PUN vs RAJ
KL Rahul ( Punjab )
KL Rahul was in excellent form in the first phase of the Indian T20 league. The Punjab skipper scored 331 runs in 7 innings and plundered his runs at an average of 66.20 and a strike rate in excess of 135. He will once again hold the key for the Punjab side in their first match of the second leg against Rajasthan.
Chris Morris (Rajasthan)
Chris Morris is the leading wicket-taker for the Rajasthan side in the 2021 edition of the Indian T20 league. The 34-year-old picked up 14 wickets in Phase 1 of the tournament and scalped his wickets at a strike rate of just 11.14.
Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips
2-Player Team
KL Rahul (C), Chetan Sakariya
3-Player Team
Chris Morris (C), Chris Gayle, Mohammed Shami
4-Player Team
Sanju Samson (C), David Miller, Adil Rashid, Nicholas Pooran
11-Player Team
KL Rahul (C), Nicholas Pooran, Sanju Samson, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris (VC), Chetan Sakariya, Mohammed Shami, Adil Rashid
