Mumbai: Punjab Kings have won the toss and elected to bat against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the bat against Rajasthan Royals match here at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
Punjab have unchanged side while Yashasvi Jaiswal replaced Karun Nair in the Rajasthan line-up. After the toss, PBKS skipper Mayank Agarwal said: ” We’d like to bat first. Looks like a good wicket, might get slower as the game progresses. It is important to understand the conditions. It might turn in the second innings. Fantastic from Liam to go out there and do what he did, I am glad. We are playing the same side.” “We are losing quite a few tosses, we’d have batted first as well.
We are a balanced side. It’s a different challenge, we are ready to go out there and have some fun. Being a day game, spinners might get some help,”said RR captain Sanju Samson.
Playing XIs Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal(c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen.
