In the 18th match of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) locked each other in the corner on Saturday, April 5.

The match between the Punjab King (PBK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) was hosted by the Majesty of Mulampur, Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.

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Punjab is not a team known for its dominance in the home. Since the 2023 season, they have three different venues as homes. From the PCA Stadium in Mohali, they moved the base to the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, while also playing at home in Dharamsala.

PBK suffered four losses in five matches at Mullanpur and scored a record-breaking victory in Dharamsala. But, led by head coach Ricky Ponting and Captain Shreyas Iyer, they looked like a completely different unit and started their campaign with back-to-back victory – a strange territory of the Punjab king.

They will look forward to continuing to dominate the Rajasthan Royals, who rebounded from two early losses and defeated the Chennai Super Kings.

Even if they manage to win, they still have many problems to solve the game. One of the problems they had was under leadership, because Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson’s captain were not exactly suitable. However, this problem has been solved now and Samson has been declared the lead.

When it comes to head-to-head records, Rajasthan Royals have a 16-12 advantage over the Punjab Kings, including nine wins since 2020.

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PBKS captain Shryas Iyer said after winning the discount that everyone in the camp was full of passion. He explained in detail:

“We will be bowling first. Looking at the last game, we are playing a new wicket, and we want to see how the stadium is performing. The same mentality is here. We need to stabilize the rhythm of the first game, which is happening. From here, it’s important for the boys to stabilize the boat.

“We need to be calm and calm throughout the season. We played practice games here, so we know how the wickets would play. We played the last two games on the red soil, so hopefully we can adapt to the championship mentality as soon as possible. The championship mentality. Bowling first, there is no change. We will change with the influence.”

Meanwhile, RR Captain Sanju Samson said he was glad they had the chance to hit the ball first. He said:

“It’s nice to hit the ball first and get a good result. We had a little bit of trouble for Tushar Deshpande, so he went out today and Yudhvir came in for him.”

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Rajasthan Royals’ impact submarines: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Karttikeya, Akash Madhwal

Punjab King Crash Sugs: Priyanssh Arya, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar

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King of Punjab (play XI): Prabhsimran Singh (W), Shreyas Iyer (C), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Shashank Singh, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shende, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Garco Jansen, Arishde, locom ferguson, Yuson, Yuzverra

Rajasthan Royal (XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (W), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra, Jofra, Jofra