PBKS vs RR IPL 2021: Possible Playing 11 of Rajasthan Royals

RR Playing 11: The Rajasthan Royals team will meet Punjab Kings in their 8th fixture of the Indian Premier League 2021. The Rajasthan Royals Royals team have 3 wins in 7 matches and need to win most of the remaining fixtures to qualify for the playoffs. In their last league match, they won the game by a huge margin of 55 runs. The team posted a strong total of 220, with the contribution of Jos Buttler (unavailable for rest of the matches) and Sanju Samson. Then, the overseas fast bowlers, Mustafizur Rahman and Chris Morris scalped 3 wickets each to win the match for the team.

Team News

The team will be missing the services of their key players like Jofra Archer (unfit), and Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Andrew Tye opted out of the tournament due to personal reasons. Therefore, 4 quality replacements were announced for the team.

Glenn Phillips as a replacement for Jos Buttler
Tabraiz Shamsi will replace Andrew Tye
West Indies opener Evin Lewis will fill the place of Ben Stokes
Oshane Thomas will replace Jofra Archer
Liam Livingstone will be back for the side in Phase 2

RR Playing 11 (likely)

The Rajasthan Royals have replaced equally good players for the IPL 2021 Phase 2. The players like Liam Livingstone, Evin Lewis, Chris Morris and Tabraiz Shamsi are likely to the first-choice overseas players for the opening fixture against the Punjab Kings team. While the opener alongside Lewis will be Jaiswal who performed well for Mumbai against Oman in the recently concluded T20 series. The middle-order batters, Sanju Samson, Parag, and Dube would look to b the backbone of the team, if the overseas players fail to perform against PBKS. The bowling options for the team will be Tewatia, Chris Morris, Tarbraiz Shamsi, Chetan Sakariya, and Kartik Tyagi.

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RR Playing 11 (likely)

Evin Lewis
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Sanju Samson (c & wk)
Liam Livingstone
Riyan Parag
Shivam Dube
Rahul Tewatia
Chris Morris
Kartik Tyagi
Chetan Sakariya
Tabraiz Shamsi

Rajasthan Royals Squad

RR Squad: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips

Where to Watch PBKS vs RR Live IPL 2021

WATCH PBKS vs RR LIVE on Star Sports TV Network in different languages like Star Sports 1 English, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada, and Star Sports Malayalam.The match can also be streamed live on the Disney+Hotstar app by taking their monthly or yearly membership plan. The telecom operators, Vodafone Idea, Airtel, and Jio are offering different plans for their customers bundled with Disney+ Hotstar app to WATCH PBKS vs RR Indian Premier League 2021. All the cricketing nations including 100 countries will be able to view the Indian Premier League 2021 on their Television Sets.

4 Fantasy picks for Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals from RR

1. Liam Livingstone

The England batsman has the flexibility to perform well at any batting position. In the past 1 year, he has been excellent for the England team, Lancashire in English T20 Blast, and was the leading run-scorer in the recently concluded The Hundred with 348 runs in 9 matches at an average of 58, and can take crucial wickets as well.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average
Liam Livingstone	9	348	58

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2. Evin Lewis

The opening batsman is one of the consistent run-scorers in the T20 cricket. With prior experience of playing in the IPL, he can go all guns blazing in this fixture. In the CPL 2021, he amassed 426 runs at an average of 47.33 and was one of the reasons for the team reaching the finals of the tournament and ultimately lifting the trophy.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average
Evin Lewis	11	426	47.33

3. Chris Morris

The South African all-rounder has been a fine contributor in the Indian Premier League. In the IPL 2021, he has taken 14 wickets and also scored 48 runs and will be vital to the team’s campaign. The main highlight of his Phase 1’s performance will be taking wickets in the death overs, and providing lusty blows in the lower-order.

Name	Matches	Wickets/Runs	Bowl.avg/Bat/avg
Chris Morris	8	14/48	16/24

4. Sanju Samson

Last but not the least, the captain of Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson has been incredible for the Rajasthan Royals team for the past few years. In this season, he has scored 277 runs at an average of 46.16. He has not been quite consistent, but his performance in the last game against Delhi Capitals would keep him confident.