Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings have resumed their IPL 2021 campaign at the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Tuesday. Each group shall be trying to keep in contact with top groups within the IPL point’s desk.
Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings are each on 6 points however Punjab Kings has performed a match extra. Rajasthan is presently in 5th position, winning 3 matches out of 7 so far. Punjab Kings is in 6th courtesy of an inferior net run rate, winning 3 matches out of 8.
Rajasthan Royals, nevertheless, shall be lacking some large names for the rest of the season. Three England superstars Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler will all miss the UAE IPL 2021, which can come as an enormous blow for a group. Although, Rajasthan have several firepowers like Sanju Samson, David Miller and Liam Livingstone.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, will once again look to captain fantastic KL Rahul. One of the most consistent performers with the bat in the past couple of seasons, Rahul will have to be at his best yet again, if Punjab Kings are to qualify for the playoffs. But he will need support from the likes of Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran and Mayank Agarwal.