Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals: Who will win tonight?
What's the story
Kings XI Punjab will welcome Rajasthan Royals in match number 38 of the Indian Premier League. The Kings are currently placed on the fourth spot while the Royals are languishing at the bottom of the table. For the Royals, it is a must-win fixture tonight and Rahane and his men will have to bring their A-game to Indore. Here is our pre-match report.
Head-to-head
History favors Rajasthan Royals
These two sides have locked horns 15 times with Kings XI Punjab winning six of while Rajasthan Royals have walked away victorious on 9 occasions. At the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, Kings XI have played 5 matches winning 3 of them. On the other hand, the Royals have lost the only game they played at this venue to Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
In-form openers
Will KXIP get off to another dream start?
KXIP will be hoping for another great start by their openers KL Rahul and Chris Gayle, who have stitched partnerships of 96, 53, 116, 55 and 54 so far. The duo have scored 60.17% of the total runs made by KXIP (473 off 786 runs). But in Kulkarni, Rajasthan Royals have a solution to this problem. He has dismissed both the openers thrice each.
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Kings XI Punjab: Probable Playing XI
KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, Marcus Stoinis, R Ashwin (captain), Axar Patel, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
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Rajasthan Royals: Probable Playing XI
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), D'Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (wicket-keeper), Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, K Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat and Dhawal Kulkarni.