New Delhi: After a week’s break, IPL 2025 is fully ready to resume today. On May 17, the match of RCB and KKR had to be canceled due to rain without toss. Now in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, today there is every hope that there will be a strong fierce battle between hosts Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings.
As soon as the playoffs wins and closer pbks
Punjab’s team ranks third in the table with 15 points in 11 matches. A win can bring him closer to the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals have already been out of the playoff race and ranks ninth in the points table with only three wins in 12 matches. Royals have lost four of their last five matches.
Squad of Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhak Farooqui, Vanindu Hasranga, Shimron Hetmire, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurlel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Quenna Mafa, Ryan Pargra, Khurna-Drain-Drain-Drain, Vaibhav, Suryavanshi, Mahesh Toricha and Yudhveer Singh
Punjab Kings Squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Arshdeep Singh, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Javier Bartlet, Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Aaron Hardy, Harnur Singh, Harpreet Barar, Josh England, Kail Jamison, Marco Yanseen, Michel Owen, Prabhu Owen, Kuldeep Sen. Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Nehal Vadhera and Yash Thakur
Kkr out of playoffs
Earlier, when the IPL started again on 17 May i.e. Saturday night, the match had to be canceled without a toss. Due to rain in Bangalore, one point was divided between RCB and KKR. In this way, RCB has reached a step closer to the playoff while KKR is out of the race. The rains started around six o’clock in the evening, so that the toss could not be done and the authorities finally decided to cancel the game at 10.24 pm.
Very close to RCB playoffs
Royal Challengers Bangalore now have 17 points in 12 matches on sharing each point with KKR and winning one of the remaining two matches will be enough for him to secure a place in the playoffs. Not only this, if Punjab and Gujarat wins their matches today, then not only will both of them reach the playoffs but also the Royal Challengers will qualify. RCB will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at its home ground on 23 May, after which there will be a match against Lucknow Super Giants on 27 May.
