Match 50 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is set to take between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) after having won all thei five matches are very excited for the upcoming match. Since the introduction of the boss Chris Gayle, the team did not face any defeat. In the last match of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), the team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets.
The win for KXIP today will put an end to the hopes of qualifying for knockouts of Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the other hand, have also won their game against the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) who are the only team to qualify so far in the playoffs. Ben Stoke was named as the Man of the Match the night after hitting an unbeaten 107- run knock and taking his team over the line.
In the last match between the two teams, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 4 wickets after the team was unable to chase down 224 runs. Today’s game is going to be real and full of excitement as both the teams understand the value of game.
Probable XI for both the teams:
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KL Rahul (C/WK), Mandeep Singh/Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Steve Smith (C), Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (WK), Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Ankit Rajpoot/Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal.
Squads:
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Steven Smith(C), Sanju Samson(WK), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KL Rahul(WK/C), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gowtham, James Neesham, Sheldon Cottrell, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ishan Porel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tajinder Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar.
