Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings - (Source:)
On Tuesday, April 28, Punjab Kings are hosting Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2026 match 40. The two teams are squaring off at the Mullanpur Stadium. It is a battle of the two teams placed in top-four.
Talking about the toss, two captains - Shreyas Iyer and Riyan Parag walked down the pitch for the coin flip. The luck favoured the visitors and Rajasthan Royals opted to field first.
Shedding light on team changes - Rajasthan Royals have made a couple of changes. Shimron Hetmyer and Ravi Bishnoi misses out while Dasun Shanaka and Yash Raj Punia plays today's match.
For Punjab Kings, Lockie Ferguson is all set to play his first match of the tournament. Meanwhile, Shashank Singh has been dropped because of injury.
PBKS vs RR: Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Punja
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS vs RR: Captains Thought
Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain): "[Would they have bowled first on winning the toss?] We would have loved to bowl first as well. I asked one of my team members. The wicket was covered for the last few days because of the weather. All of us are proactive, irrespective of whether we are bowling first or second.
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[Changes?] We have one forced change. Suryansh comes in place of Shashank. Also, Lockie comes in place of Xavier.
Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "We are going to bowl first. Looks like a pretty good wicket. But there was a bit of cloud cover and a bit of shower as well. Little bit of moisture in the start. We are trying to strike that to get some early wickets. Hopefully chase it down.
[team news] 2 changes, Hetmyer sits out, Dasun Shanaka comes in. Ravi Bishnoi goes out, Yash Punja comes in.
PBKS vs RR: Impact Subs
Rajasthan Royals: Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh
Punjab Kings: Musheer Ahmed Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar
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Why Is Shashank Singh Not Playing Today?
During the toss, Shreyas Iyer confirmed that Shashank Singh has picked up an injury, which is why he misses out from today's match. Interstingly, Suryansh Shedge has replaced him.
The fans are also contemplating that it is just a way to bench Shashank Singh, who has been poor on the field. Notably, the right-handed batter has dropped 5 catches in his last appearances.
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