Sanju Samson won the toss and Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl against PBKS (Sportzpix).
Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first, RR spinner Ravichandran Ashwin missed the game due to back spasm while Punjab Kings went in with an unchanged side
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss against Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab Kings and decided to bowl first. Sanju also revealed that he made a few changes to his team, making a last-minute change as Ravichandran Ashwin was ruled out of the match due to back spasms. Punjab Kings, however, went with the same squad for their last match this season.
Samson said that despite starting the season on a promising note, his team would like to do well and end their campaign on a winning note.
“We’ll bowl. Looking at the size and looking at what we need in the tournament, it’s better to bowl. We need to win games. Then see how the other games go. If you want to play good T20 cricket, You need to forget things. We have got four to five days off. Conditions have to be understood. We have some changes. Last minute changes. Ashwin is out due to back spasms,” said Samson.
Meanwhile Dhawan insisted that he expected his team to bowl better, pick up wickets in the powerplay and enjoy their game as they looked to finish on a high.
There was not much dew in the last match. Batting first or second, shouldn’t change much. We will come and enjoy the game. Will try to give my best shot. We need to take more wickets in the first 6 overs. We can make more cash. We are playing the same team,” said Shikhar.
Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Akash Vashisht, Kuldeep Sen and Murugan Ashwin made the cut in Royals’ impact sub list, meanwhile Punjab added the likes of Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathi and Matthew Short to their impact sub roster. included.
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Teams:
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal