Sanju Samson will captain his first match of the IPL 2025 season after being declared fully fit. Get PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 stats and more.
Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing their second win of the campaign when they face Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Saturday.
The PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 match on Saturday, April 5 will start at 7:30 PM IST and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast.
After donning the role of the Impact Player for first three games of the season while recovering from a finger injury, Sanju Samson will be captaining the Rajasthan Royals for the first time in IPL 2025 in the upcoming encounter.
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The Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by six runs in their previous IPL 2025 outing with Nitish Rana and Wanindu Hasaranga playing starring roles with the bat and ball, respectively.
Nitiesh Rana scored a 31-ball 81 and was adjudged the Player of the Match while Wanindu Hasaranga finished with figures of 4/35.
The upcoming match against PBKS at the New Chandigarh stadium will be the Royals’ second away game of the season. Rajasthan Royals lost their first away fixture of the season by 44 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The last match in IPL 2024 between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings saw PBKS register a five-wicket win.
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals standings
Punjab Kings are unbeaten in IPL 2025 having won both their matches so far, while Rajasthan Royals have won once and lost twice this season.
PBKS are currently on top of the IPL 2025 points table with four points and net run rate of +1.485. RR are in ninth spot with two points and a net run rate of -1.112.
PBKS vs RR in IPL
Rajasthan Royals had a slow start to the ongoing season but won their last encounter and have two wins and three losses in their last five matches in the IPL. Punjab Kings have won three and lost two of their last five games in the IPL.
Punjab Kings last five matches
| Opponent | Venue | Result | Date | Margin |
| LSG | Lucknow | Won | 1 April 2025 | 8 wickets |
| GT | Ahmedabad | Won | 25 March 2025 | 11 runs |
| SRH | Hyderabad | Lost | 19 May 2024 | 4 wickets |
| RR | Guwahati | Won | 15 May 2024 | 5 wickets |
| RCB | Dharamsala | Lost | 9 May 2024 | 60 runs |
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
| Opponent | Venue | Result | Date | Margin |
| CSK | Guwahati | Won | 30 March 2025 | 6 runs |
| KKR | Guwahati | Lost | 26 March 2025 | 8 wickets |
| SRH | Hyderabad | Lost | 23 March 2025 | 44 runs |
| SRH | Chennai | Lost | 24 May 2024 | 36 runs |
| RCB | Ahmedabad | Won | 22 May 2024 | 4 wickets |
As far as the PBKS vs RR head-to-head record goes, the two teams have met 28 times in the IPL with the Royals winning 16 times while the Punjab Kings have emerged victorious on 12 occasions.
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals players
Dhruv Jurel is Rajasthan Royals’ highest run-getter in the ongoing season and has scored 106 runs in three games at an average of 35.33 and a strike rate of 151.42.
Nitish Rana is second on the leaderboard for highest run-getters for RR this season. He has made 100 runs in three games at an average of 33.33 and strike rate of 188.67.
On the bowling front, Wanindu Hasaranga has been Rajasthan Royals’s go-to bowler this season having claimed five wickets in two matches so far.
PBKS, on the other hand, will be pinning their hopes on the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis and Arshdeep Singh, to name a few.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Harnoor Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Josh Inglis (wk), Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kuldeep Sen, Lockie Ferguson, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya
Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals stats
- Jofra Archer is 3 wickets away from 50 wickets for RR in IPL
- Sanju Samson is 5 sixes away from 100 sixes as captain in IPL
- Dhruv Jurel needs 47 runs to complete 500 runs in IPL
- Shimron Hetmyer is 27 runs away from 5000 runs in T20s
- Kumar Kartikeya is 1 wicket away from 50 wickets in T20s
Where to watch PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 live
Live streaming of the Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 match will be available on the JioHotstar app and website. The PBKS vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels in India. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 venue: New Chandigarh Stadium records
- Highest team total: 192/7 by Mumbai Indians against Punjab Kings in 2024
- Lowest team total: 142/10 by Punjab Kings against Gujarat Titans in 2024
- Highest individual score: 78 by Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians) against Punjab Kings in 2024
- Best bowling figures: 4/29 by Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings) against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024
- Highest partnership: 81 by Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) for second wicket against Punjab Kings in 2024
- Win rate batting first: 40% (2 won; 3 lost)
- Average first innings score: 170
- Average first innings winning score: 180