IPL 2022: PBKS vs RR Toss, Playing 11 Update, Pitch Report, Pre-Match Comments: Punjab elect to bat first

Toss
Update:
After
winning
the
toss,
Punjab
Kings
captain
Mayank
Agarwal
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bat
first
in
the
day
encounter
of
Saturday
doubleheader.

Captain’s
speak:

After
winning
the
toss
PBKS
captain
Mayank
Agarwal
said,
“We’d
like
to
bat
first.
Looks
like
a
good
wicket
might
get
slower
as
the
game
progresses.
It
is
important
to
understand
the
conditions.
It
might
turn
in
the
second
innings.
Fantastic
from
Liam
to
go
out
there
and
do
what
he
did,
I
am
glad.
We
are
playing
the
same
side.”

RR
skipper
Sanju
Samson
–
who
lost
this
10th
toss
in
the
tournament
in
11
games
–
said,
“We
are
losing
quite
a
few
tosses,
we’d
have
batted
first
as
well.
We
are
a
balanced
side.
It’s
a
different
challenge,
we
are
ready
to
go
out
there
and
have
some
fun.
Being
a
day
game,
spinners
might
get
some
help.
One
change
–
Karun
Nair
misses
out,
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
comes
in.”

Playing
XIs:

Rajasthan
Royals:
Jos
Buttler,
Yashasvi
Jaiswal,
Sanju
Samson(w/c),
Devdutt
Padikkal,
Riyan
Parag,
Shimron
Hetmyer,
Ravichandran
Ashwin,
Trent
Boult,
Prasidh
Krishna,
Yuzvendra
Chahal,
Kuldeep
Sen.

Punjab
Kings:
Jonny
Bairstow,
Shikhar
Dhawan,
Mayank
Agarwal(c),
Bhanuka
Rajapaksa,
Liam
Livingstone,
Jitesh
Sharma(w),
Rishi
Dhawan,
Kagiso
Rabada,
Rahul
Chahar,
Arshdeep
Singh,
Sandeep
Sharma.

Ian
Bishop
brings
the
pitch
report,
and
says,
“There
is
a
fair
amount
of
grass
and
so
the
ball
should
slide
on.
It
could
be
a
bit
two-paced
as
well
as
the
other
side
is
a
bit
dry
and
the
spinners
might
be
able
to
get
something.
All
in
all,
we’re
hoping
for
a
high-scoring
contest.”

Prasidh
Krishna
(RR):
“I
have
felt
absolutely
no
pressure
(on
being
a
high
purchase
buy
in
the
auctions).
It
is
still
the
same
game
and
looking
forward
to
doing
my
best
in
every
game.
We
haven’t
played
good
cricket
over
the
last
couple
of
matches,
we
have
made
mistakes,
but
we’re
looking
forward
to
going
out
there
and
enjoying
ourselves,
making
lesser
mistakes.
It’s
come
down
to
the
heroes
we’ve
grown
up
seeing,
the
Bumrahs,
the
Shamis,
the
Ishants,
there
are
a
lot
of
bowlers
who
bowl
fast
and
whom
we
can
look
up
to.
We
can
see
them
playing
here
and
learning
from
them.
I’ve
grown
up
watching
Brett
Lee,
he
was
really
fast.
I
have
spent
some
time
with
him
before
and
that
has
helped
me.
It
comes
down
to
preparations,
when
you’re
honing
your
skills
in
the
nets,
it
comes
down
to
how
you
lean
your
skills,
at
the
games,
there’s
a
lot
of
pressure
and
it
all
comes
down
to
executing
your
skills.
It
is
quite
hot,
so
we
have
spent
less
time
before
the
game,
do
only
how
much
you
need
to
do.”