IPL 2025 Fantasy Prediction Table Toppers: PBKS vs. RR When Punjab Kings play the faltering Rajasthan Royals in match 18 of the IPL 2025 on Saturday night, they will be hoping to keep up their winning streak. RR, who have only won once in three games, will be looking to turn their campaign around, while PBKS, who have already won twice, will be keen to add another win to their record in order to keep their lead.

Under the guidance of Shreyas Iyer, who has hammered successive half-centuries to score 149 runs in two games at a strike rate of over 200, PBKS has started the season with two back-to-back victories and is bursting with confidence.

In the 28 IPL meetings between PBKS and RR, Rajasthan has dominated the head-to-head record with 16 victories while Punjab has 12 victories.

TOSS: At 7 PM IST, the Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals will toss their match.

Time: 7:30 PM IST on April 5

Location: Mullanpur’s Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium

Where to Watch the IPL 2025 Match Between the Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals:
The Jiohotstar app and website will be in charge of live streaming in India.

Mullanpur Pitch Report: PBKS vs. RR
Since the stadium was built, the Mullanpur surface has been an absolute delight to bat on. The latter dew will make it harder for bowlers to hold the ball.

IPL 2025 Team Prediction: PBKS vs. RR
Sanju Samson and Prabhsimran Singh are wicketkeepers.

Batters: Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (c),

All-around players: Marco Jansen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Nitish Rana, and Marcus Stoinis (vc)

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma, and Yuzvendra Chahal

IPL 2025 Probable Playing XIs for PBKS vs. RR
Sanju Samson (c/w), Ryan Parag, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, and Yashasvi Jaiswal are the Rajasthan Royals.

Ashank Singh, Markus Stoinis, Glen Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chanal, Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, and Shreyas Iyer (c) are the Punjab Kings.

Rajasthan Royals squad for PBKS vs. RR, IPL 2025: Sanju Samson (w/c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, and Akash Madhwal

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (w), Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash