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PBKS vs RR Dream11 Prediction, Match 18, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for IPL 2025

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By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 05 Apr 2025, 19:19 IST

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 18th match of the Indian Premier League 2025. This match will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra International Stadium in Mullanpur. 74 matches will be played across 13 cities over the next two months as the IPL fever kicks off. Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad on May 20 and 21, respectively. Qualifier 2, on May 23, and the final on May 25, will be in Kolkata.

Punjab Kings have two wins in two matches and are at the top of the points table. They beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in the previous match and will be high on confidence coming into this game. They will also be playing at home and will look to entertain the fans.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have one win and two losses in three matches. They are ninth in the points table. RR beat CSK in the previous match and will be keen to put up another good performance. Sanju Samson is expected to be back as captain. This promises to be a thrilling match.

Also Check: Who will win today's IPL match between PBKS vs RR?

Match Information

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 18

Indian Premier League, 5 Apr 2025, Sat, 7:30 PM IST ,Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

Live Stream

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Weather Report

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

Clear

37.9°C

6% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Punjab Kings

W

W

L

W

L

Rajasthan Royals

W

L

L

L

W

Players Stats in current Series

Most Runs

Best Strike Rate

Most Wickets

Best Economy Rate

Probable Playing XI

Punjab Kings

P Simran Singh (wk), N Wadhera, S Iyer (C), P Arya, Shashank Singh, MP Stoinis, GJ Maxwell, M Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, LH Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bench : Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishnu Vinod, JP Inglis, Suryansh Shedge, AM Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Musheer Khan, P Dubey, Harpreet Brar, KR Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, YS Thakur, Xavier Bartlett

Rajasthan Royals

SV Samson (C), DC Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Parag, N Rana, W Hasaranga, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, M Theekshana, Jofra Archer

Bench : Kunal Singh Rathore, V Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, TU Deshpande, K Kartikeya, Akash Mandwaal, Kwena Maphaka, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ashok Sharma

Injury and availability news

Tushar Deshpande has a small niggle, so he's out for today and Yudhvir comes in for him.

Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for both pacers and spinners. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

170

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

Captains

Top

Budget

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6.5

Tushar Deshpande

RR | BOWL

7.5

Suryansh Shedge

PBKS | BAT

Last Updated On - Apr 5 2025 7:19 PM

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