King of Punjab (pbks) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will lock corners with each other in Game 18 of IPL 2025. The PBKSvs RR match will be held on Saturday (April 5) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh Mullanpur.

PBK won the first two games and will be eager to win the third game. So far, they are in excellent form and are confident to beat RR.

They made impressive performances in both games. In the first game, PBK defeated the Gujarat Giants 11 runs, creating an eight-shot victory in the Lucknow Super Giants while chasing 172 runs after a total of 243/2.

RR, on the other hand, has won only one of three games so far. They started the campaign with a defeat against Hyderabad and Kolkata Knights, then defeated the Chennai Super Kings to open their account this year.

PBKS vs RR Match Preview-ipl 2025, Match 18:

PBK vs RR, date and place:

The upcoming PBKS vs. RR match will be held on Saturday (April 5) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Muranpur, Chandigarh. The competition is scheduled to be held at 7:30 pm IST.

Squad:

King of Punjab:

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (w), Shreyas Iyer (C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Glennn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendrandra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Josh Inglis

Rajasthan Royals:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag (C), Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhruv Jurel (W), Shubham Dubey, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Teekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Karttikeya, Kwena Maphaka, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi

PBK vs RR Key War:

Shreyas Iyer vs Wanindu Hasaranga:

Inform Shryas Iyer will pose a huge threat to RR in the upcoming game. The right-handed batsman leads his team from the front in the first two games and will stare at another influential outing for the batsman and captain.

In his first game against the Gujarat Giants, he scored an unbeaten 97 and then a further unbeaten fifty, helping his team to easily play against the Lucknow Super Giants. He will seek to get another big score with the bat.

RR hopes they get rid of Iyer as soon as possible and will rely on Wanindu Hasaranga. The leg spinner got 4 wickets in the last game and will hope to have a similar impact on PBK.

Sanju Samson vs Arshdeep Singh:

After playing the first three games as a batsman just, Sanju Samson will resume his captain duties. Right-handed batsman will be eager to lead his team from the front line. As RR urgently needs good form, responsibility will be held accountable.

Samson started his campaign with a 66 knock on the door in the 2025 IPL before ranking 13 and 20 in the past two games. He will knock on PBK.

Captain RR has the ability to win the game alone, and PBK will hope to fire him as soon as possible. The responsibility will be at their pace Arshdeep Singh hit the new ball, not letting Samson start.

Prabhsimran Singh vs Jofra Archer:

Prabhsimran Singh won the Tornado Fifty in the last match against LSG, which put PBK in the driver’s seat. With his side, PBKS opener will hope to play another influential knock.

RR hopes Prabhsimran has no time to settle and will rely on Jofra Archer to get rid of the PBK opener as soon as possible.

PBK vs RR key players:

BKS -Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Arshdeep Singh will be the main players in PBK.

RR- Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Juel, Wanindu Hasaranga and Jofra Archer will be the main players in RR.

PBK vs RR Weather Report:

The PBKS vs RR match is unlikely to be interrupted by rain, as there is no rain forecast for rain on the day of the match. During the game, the temperature was set to hover in the mid-20s.

in conclusion:

With PBK’s outstanding performance, RR looks at the second win of the season, and the upcoming game is expected to be an exciting match.