RR vs PBKS Playing 11 IPL 2023: Probable Line Up of Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings for Match 8

In fact, both Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals and Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab Kings opened their IPL 2023 campaigns with wins. While RR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs on Sunday (April 2), PBKS beat KKR by 7 runs (DLS Method) in a rain affected match on Saturday (April 1).

After making a winning start, RR will look to retain the group for their second match as they look to make early impact in the season as PBKS will sweat on the fitness clearance of their star all-rounder, who made a huge impact last season.

RR vs PBKS IPL 2023 Match 8 Team News, Injury Update

RR Team News vs PBKS: Last season’s runners up, Royals had their whole squad to pick from for their opener. They had no fresh injuries from that game. The only injury blow they had was Prasidh Krishna, who was ruled out for the season and replaced by Sandeep Sharma.

It’s very likely that Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder and Trent Boult will continue to be the overseas pick, keeping Donovan Ferriera, Adam Zampa, Joe Root and Obed McCoy out of the playing 11.

As for the rest of the picks, Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag will be immediate picks, while KM Asif, Kuldeep Sen and Sandeep Sharma could be vying for the final spot.

PBKS Team News vs RR: Punjab Kings will be boosted by the availability of South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada. PBKS will also be hopeful of Liam Livingstone’s availability as well. The English all-rounder missed the opener due to fitness concerns.

If the duo return, then PBKS will be forced to omit Sikandar Raza and Nathan Ellis from the playing 11 for the game against RR, leaving their overseas picks as Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Livingstone, Sam Curran and Rabada.

As for the rest of the line up, Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar and Shahrukh Khan will be the obvious choice with the others likely to fight for an Impact Players substitutes spot.

RR vs PBKS IPL 2023 Match 8 Probable Lineup – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Playing 11

RR playing 11 vs PBKS: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (captain/wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.

PBKS playing 11 vs RR: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.

RR vs PBKS Impact Players

Here is a look at the players who can come on as Impact Player during the match for the two teams. As both teams may name 4 overseas players in their starting line-up, most of the Impact Players substitutes could be Indians.

RR Impact Players: Rajasthan Royals will name the same impact player substitutes from the first match – Dhruv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Murugan Ashwin and Donovan Ferreira as their Impact Players options.

PBKS Impact Players: Punjab Kings will name the same impact player substitutes bench from the first game – Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Singh, Mohit Rathee, Atharva Taide and Sikandar Raza if Liam Livingstone is back in the 11.