Royals last chance to stay in tournament; Punjab eyeing 7th win

The 50th match of the 13th season of IPL will be played between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). This match is like an eliminator for Rajasthan. If Smith's team loses this match, the doors of the play-offs will be closed for them and they will become the second team to be eliminated from the tournament after Chennai. At the same time, Punjab would like to maintain their fourth position in the points table by registering their 7th win of the season.

Historical victory was recorded against Punjab

Rajasthan had chased the biggest target of IPL against Punjab itself. In the 9th match of the season played in Sharjah, Punjab, batting first, scored 223 for 2 wickets. In reply, due to Rahul Tewatiya's quick innings, Rajasthan won the match by losing 6 wickets with 3 balls remaining.

Punjab 4th and Rajasthan 7th in points table

Talking of points table, Punjab is fourth with 12 points and Rajasthan is at 7th with 10 points. Punjab, who have lost 5 consecutive matches, have returned to the tournament by winning the last 5 matches consecutively. Both teams are winning their previous matches. Punjab defeated Kolkata and Rajasthan defeated Mumbai.

Expensive players from both teams

Captain Steve Smith and Ben Stokes are the most expensive players in Rajasthan with a price of Rs 12.50-12.50 crore. At the same time, Captain Lokesh Rahul is the most expensive player in Punjab with a price of 11 crores and Glenn Maxwell 10.75 crores.

Rahul-Mayank Punjab's top scorer

Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul and his fellow opener Mayank Agarwal are in excellent form. Rahul is the highest player to score 595 runs in a season. At the same time, Mayank Agarwal has scored 398 runs in the season so far. Both players have also scored centuries in this season.

Samson-Smith will remain strong

The batting of Rajasthan will be on Sanju Samson and Steve Smith. Samson has scored 326 runs in the season and Smith has scored 276 runs. Ben Stokes, who scored a century in the last match, is in good form for Rajasthan.

20 wickets in Shami's name

Punjab fast bowler Mohammad Shami has taken 20 wickets so far in the season. He is in third place in terms of maximum wickets. The first number is Kagiso Rabada (23) of Delhi Capitals and Jasprit Bumrah (20) of Mumbai Indians at number two.

Archer's responsibility for bowling

The bowling responsibility for Rajasthan will remain on fast bowler Jofra Archer. Archer has taken 17 wickets so far in the season. Archer is also at the forefront of throwing the most dot balls. He has bowled 147 dot balls so far in the season.

Weather and Pitch Report

The sky will be clear during the match in Abu Dhabi. Temperatures are likely to be between 23 and 32 degrees Celsius. The pitch here can help the batsmen. Having slow wickets will also help the spinners a lot. The team that wins the toss will like to bowl first. Before this IPL, the success rate of the first bowling team victory in the last 44 T20s was 56.81%.

Total T20 on this ground: 44

First Batting Team Won: 19

First bowling team won: 25

Average team score in first innings: 137

Team's average score in the second innings: 128

Rajasthan's success rate higher than Punjab in IPL

Rajasthan Royals, who won the first IPL title (2008), played 159 matches in the league so far, with 80 wins and 77 defeats. 2 matches were inconclusive. At the same time, awaiting their first title, Punjab has so far won 88 matches out of 188 and lost 100. In this league, the Royals had a winning success rate of 50.63% and Punjab's 46.27%.