IPL 2024: RR vs PBKS, Match 65 - Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match 65 of the 17th edition of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, in Guwahati. This stadium will be hosting the first match in IPL 2024. In the ongoing tournament, the Royals have won eight matches and lost four matches. They are currently in second place in the points table. Thus, the Royals would like to get back to their winning momentum.

On the other hand, the Kings have won four matches and lost eight matches so far. They are currently in the bottom place in the points table, thus, the Kings also would like to come back to their winning momentum. Punjab Kings would like to take revenge for the last match of these two teams held at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, in Mullanpur, Chandigarh earlier. This will be an important game for the Royals concerning their future in the tournament. 

Speaking about the last game of Rajasthan Royals, Riyan Parag 47*(35) played superb innings which helped the Royals to post a decent total of 141. But he didn't get support from other batters. Speaking about the bowling of the Royals, Yuzvendra Chahal (4-0-22-1) bowled beautifully which helped the Royals to drag the game. Ravichandran Ashwin (4-0-35-2) and Nandre Burger (3-0-22-1) bowled superbly giving excellent support to Chahal which helped the Royals to the game till 19th over. Royals will be hoping all these to continue their good form and expect good support from other batters, especially top-order batters.

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Speaking about the last game of Punjab Kings, Rilee Rossouw 61(27) played magnificent Innings who started to smash from the first ball in the powerplay played superbly. Shashank Singh 37(19) was looking fantastic and unfortunately, he got a runout and Kings lost him at the wrong time. But these two didn't get support from other batters. Speaking about the bowling of the Kings, Harshal Patel (4-0-38-3) and Vidhwath Kaverappa (4-0-36-2) bowled superbly but all other bowlers were expensive. Kings will be hoping all these to continue their good form and expect good support from other batters, especially top-order batters.

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Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings clash:

RR vs PBKS Head-to-Head: RR and PBKS have met 27 times in the tournament’s history with the Royals winning sixteen occasions and Kings clinching ten victories. One game resulted in Tie.

61 - Liam Livingstone (939) needs 61 to reach 1000 runs in IPL. 

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1 - Shikhar Dhawan (99) needs another catch to reach 100 in IPL.

1 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (49) is set to play his 50th IPL Match.