Toss Rajasthan Royals chose to bowl vs Punjab Kings
Parag said that there was a “cloud cover and little showers as well”, which led to his decision to bowl.
PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer also said that he was looking to bowl, considering the “wicket was covered for a couple of days”. PBKS also made two changes to their side, one of them a forced change. They brought in Suryansh Shedge for Shashank Singh. Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson plays his fist game of the season, replacing Xavier Bartlett.
Shreyas also offered heartfelt condolences to Azmatalluah Omarzai on the loss of his mother.
RR started with four straight wins but had a blip, losing two in two before getting back to winning ways against Lucknow Super Giants. They are coming into the game having been beaten by Sunrisers Hyderabad three days back.
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 4 Riyan Parag (capt), 5 Donovan Ferreira, 6 Dasun Shanaka, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Brijesh Sharma, 10 Nandre Burger, 11 Yash Raj Punja
RR impact options: Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer
Punjab Kings: 1 Priyansh Arya, 2 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Nehal Wadhera, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Suryansh Shedge, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS impact options: Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan
