Setback for Rajasthan who are going to try their luck

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals won the toss in today's IPL match. Rajasthan who won the toss, chose bowling and let Punjab Kings bat. Today's match is very crucial for Sanju and the team to maintain even a remote chance of making the playoffs in the IPL. With 12 points each from 13 games, the decision of who will stay in the league will be made depending on today's win and the win or loss of other teams.

Rajasthan will face Punjab today with a crucial change. Rajasthan will be playing today without veteran spinner R Ashwin due to his injury. The Punjab line-up remains unchanged.

Rajasthan's IPL play-off chances hung in the balance with a humiliating loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last match. With that, the victory in today's match is crucial for the team. Even with a win and scoring points today, Rajasthan can make it to the playoffs ahead of the IPL final only with their better run rate and other teams' performance.

Rajasthan Royals

Jos Buttler, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Karan, Jitesh Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.