Today (May 19) in IPL 2023, Punjab Kings will host Rajasthan Royals in Dharamshala – here are the predicted XIs for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for PBKS v RR.
PBKS v RR, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
The match will begin at 7.30pm IST. See if it is available on the 50+ free sport streaming sites listed here.
PBKS vs RR: IPL 2023 team news
This is the last league game for both teams. Whichever team loses will be eliminated from the playoff qualification race, while the winning team will manage to stay afloat in the tournament.
Punjab will be back at Dharamshala after losing their previous game against Delhi two nights back. Nathan Ellis and Kagiso Rabada played in that game, although Rabada didn’t complete his quota of overs. With Atharva Taide performing well for them at the top, they won’t need the services of Bhanuka Rajapska and might look to bring Sikandar Raza into the XI in place of Rabada.
Rajasthan suffered an embarrassing defeat in their previous match against Bangalore. They played Adam Zampa in place of Trent Boult in that game keeping in mind the conditions and the strengths of the opposition. That might change tonight with Boult regaining his place in the XI in place of Zampa.
Rajasthan also brought in Devdutt Padikkal as their Impact Player after their batting collapse. If they get off to a good start tonight, they might bring in Riyan Parag as the substitute.
IPL 2023: Tomorrow’s matches
DC v CSK – 3.30 pm IST
KKR v LSG – 7.30 pm IST
IPL 2023: Yesterday’s match
SRH v RCB – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by eight wickets with four balls to spare
PBKS v RR: Predicted XIs for today’s IPL matches
PBKS XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis.
RR XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Joe Root, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif.
PBKS v RR: IPL prediction for today’s match 66
Punjab almost chased down a huge total the last time they played here. With Rajasthan coming off a huge defeat, and Punjab having the experience and knowledge of the conditions having played here two nights back, Punjab will start off as slight favourites.
To bet on the IPL with our Match Centre partners bet365, head here.