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PBKS VS RR
Liam Livingstone and Evin Lewis's explosive batting will meet its match in Chris Gayle's power and KL Rahul's finesse when Rajasthan Royals lock horns with Punjab Kings to improve upon their mid-table position in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.
The two IPL teams have been perennial under-achievers in the league and would be desperate to change their fortunes after disappointing one and all with their underwhelming performances over the past few seasons.
More so for Punjab Kings, the only team that has lacked any kind of stability over the 14 seasons of IPL with captains and coaches being changed like musical chairs.
Pitch Report
The average first innings in 34 IPL matches in Dubai is 166. Interestingly, it is the seamers who have fared better in these matches (3.76 wickets per innings) compared to the spinners (1.64 wickets per innings).
The team batting first won 15 of the 26 matches on this ground in IPL 2020, and CSK started off with victory this season at Dubai. The surface showed signs of being two-paced, so it will be interesting to see how the pitch plays today
Key Players to Watch/Key Stats
Punjab Kings:
No Punjab player has more runs against the Royals than skipper KL Rahul. KL loves playing RR, with 441 runs against them at an average of 88.20 and strike rate of 137.81. This includes a 50-ball 91 earlier in IPL 2021
1. KL Rahul is yet to be dismissed when batting second for PBKS against RR (2 inns, 179 runs, SR 144.4). His record batting first against them is solid, with 302 runs at an average of 37.8 and strike rate of 127.4. Plus, Rahul loves batting at Dubai in IPL (8 inns, 392 runs, avg. 56, SR 137.54).
2. Mayank Agarwal was enjoying a solid first half of IPL 2021 before its postponement. In seven matches, Agarwal struck 260 runs at an average of 43.33 and strike rate of 141.3, including a score of 99*. Playing for PBKS against RR, Agarwal has scored 170 runs in five innings at an average/strike rate of 34/173.47, including a 50-ball 106 at Sharjah last season.
Agarwal prefers to bat first against RR, but he has the potential to perform no matter the innings. In six innings against RR batting first, he has scored 219 runs at an average of 36.5 and strike rate of 164.7. Batting second, he has just the 64 runs in four innings at an average of 16.
3. Nicholas Pooran hit the fourth-most sixes in IPL 2020 (25), which was played in the UAE. He enjoys batting at Dubai, with 236 runs at an average of 39.33 and strike rate of 165.03. Pooran will be aiming to improve his record vs RR which reads: 5 inns, 64 runs, avg. 16, SR 164.10.
4. Deepak Hooda smashed a 28-ball 64 vs RR earlier in IPL 2021. In three innings at Dubai, Hooda hasn’t quite got going with 38 runs at an average of 38 and strike rate of 95. Can he fire in the middle today?
5. Ravi Bishnoi has a fine record at Dubai. In seven innings, he taken nine wickets at an average of 18.3 and strike rate of 16. He is wicketless in two matches vs RR.
Bishnoi much prefers to bowl first in IPL. In fact, his stats in the second innings are doubly worse. In the first innings, Bishnoi has taken 10 wickets at an average of 21.9 and strike rate of 18.6. Bowling second, the average balloons up to 42.7, as does the strike rate (36)
6. Mohammed Shami will be key. He will be aiming to improve his numbers for PBKS vs RR (5 inns, 7 wickets, avg. 28.71, econ. 10.58). He has 11 wickets in nine matches at Dubai at an average of 24.09 and strike rate of 18.91
Probable Playing 11
Punjab Kings
KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Adil Rashid, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami
Key Player of RR
Rajasthan Royals:
1. Sanju Samson.:- The RR skipper has the most runs of any player in RR-PBKS matches, with 525 runs at an average of 52.50 and strike rate of 152.62. Earlier in IPL 2021, he struck one of the most memorable centuries (119 off 63 balls), and performed well vs PBKS at UAE last season with scores of 85 (42) and 48 (25).
2. Evin Lewis :- The hard-hitting left-hander is coming off a fruitful CPL campaign, where he scored the second-most runs (405, avg. 47.33, SR 163.21).
3. Liam Livingstone :- can prove to be a major asset for RR. The Englishman is having an incredible year in 2021, with 1,213 runs in 33 T20s at an average of 44.93 and strike rate of 157.74.
Livingstone has a knack of producing the goods in the second innings of T20s. In 72 such matches, he has struck 1,967 runs at an average of 34.50 and strike rate of 150.50. Batting first, he has 1,983 runs at an average of 27.54 and strike rate of 140.34.
4. Rahul Tewatia :- amazing innings vs PBKS last season? His 31-ball 51, including five sixes in one over, is etched into IPL folklore.
The left-hander has 125 runs at Dubai at an average of 62.50 and strike rate of 128.87. Also, he takes a wicket every four overs vs PBKS, with five scalps at an average of 28.80.
5. Chris Morris :- He has a good all-round record vs PBKS: 95 runs (avg. 31.63, SR 153.23) and 15 wickets (avg. 21.07, SR 17.60), Also, Morris loves to bowl first and bat second in IPL. In 25 innings batting second, Morris has scored 335 runs at an average of 30.5 and strike rate of 161.8 (compared to average of 18 batting first). In 42 innings bowling first, Morris has 58 wickets at an average of 21.4 and strike rate of 16.3 (compared to average of 25 bowling second).
6. Tabraiz Shamsi :- The left-arm spinner is the top T20I bowler in the world. He has 41 wickets in 28 T20s this year at an economy rate of just 6.36.
Probable Playing 11
Rajasthan Royals
E Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Liam Livingstone, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman/Tabraiz Shamsi
Stats and Facts
Head-to-head: Matches 22, PBKS 10, RR 12.
Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings twice in IPL 2020 (one win at Sharjah, the other at Abu Dhabi).
Evin Lewis vs spin in CPL 2021: average of 57 with a strike-rate of 138.
Shreyas Gopal is yet to take a single wicket against PBKS in six matches.
Nine of Chris Morris’ 14 wickets in IPL 2021 have come in the death overs.
Chris Gayle averages 35.93 in 17 innings vs RR, with a strike rate of 134.75.
If KL Rahul bats through to the backend of the innings, watch out. He has a strike rate of 185 against Morris and 161 against Mustafizur Rahman.
Liam Livingstone had a magnificent Hundred campaign, with 348 runs at the best strike rate (178.46) with the most sixes (27)
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