IPL: Toss in a short time from now, Punjab Kings will almost qualify as soon as they win

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 he wins, PBKS Punjab’s team is 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 Hetmier, Yashswi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurlel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Quenna Mafaka, Luan Mafaka, Luan-Paragi Preity, Kunal Singh Rathore, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Mahesh Tichita and Yudhveer Singh Punjab Kings Squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Arshdeep Singh, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Xavier Bartlet, Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Aaron Hardi, Harnur Singh, Harnur Singh, Harnur Singh, Harnur Singh Jamison, Marco Yanseen, Mushir Khan, Mitchell Owen, Prabhasimran Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vijayakumar Vaishakh, Nehal Vadhera and Yash Thakur, KKR, which took place out of the playoffs, had to revoke the match on the same day when the IPL started again on 17 May i.e. on 17 May. 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. Royal Challengers Bangalore now have 17 points in 12 matches on sharing one point with KKR, very close to RCB playoffs and winning one of the remaining two matches will be enough for them 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.

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