The 59th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Rajasthan Royals (RCB) and Punjab Kings (KKR). This match will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on May 17 at 3:30 PM IST. Both teams played each other on April 5 and that game was won by the Royals. At this point, RR are out of the playoffs race while PBKS are looking forward to qualify.
RR vs PBKS: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Rajasthan Royals | Punjab Kings |
|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Prabhsimran Singh (wk) |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Priyansh Arya |
| Riyan Parag (c) | Mitchell Owen ✈️ |
| Kunal Singh Rathore | Shreyas Iyer (c) |
| Dhruv Jurel (wk) | Nehal Wadhera |
| Shimron Hetmyer ✈️ | Shashank Singh |
| Wanindu Hasaranga ✈️ | Marcus Stoinis ✈️ |
| Jofra Archer ✈️ | Marco Jansen ✈️ |
| Maheesh Theekshana ✈️ | Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ |
| Yudhvir Singh Charak | Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Akash Madhwal | Arshdeep Singh |
RR vs PBKS Squad
| Punjab Kings | Rajasthan Royals |
|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer (Top Order Batter, Captain) | Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper Batter, Captain) |
| Priyansh Arya (Opening Batter) | Shubham Dubey (Middle Order Batter) |
| Pyla Avinash (Batter) | Shimron Hetmyer ✈️ (Middle Order Batter) |
| Harnoor Singh (Batter) | Yashasvi Jaiswal (Opening Batter) |
| Josh Inglis ✈️ (Wicketkeeper Batter) | Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Mitchell Owen ✈️ (Middle Order Batter) | Riyan Parag (Top Order Batter) |
| Prabhsimran Singh (Wicketkeeper Batter) | Lhuan-dre Pretorius ✈️ (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Vishnu Vinod (Wicketkeeper Batter) | Kunal Singh Rathore (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Nehal Wadhera (Top Order Batter) | Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Batter) |
| Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ (Allrounder) | Nitish Rana (Middle Order Batter, Withdrawn) |
| Aaron Hardie ✈️ (Allrounder) | Wanindu Hasaranga ✈️ (Allrounder) |
| Marco Jansen ✈️ (Bowling Allrounder) | Jofra Archer ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Musheer Khan (Allrounder) | Ashok Sharma (Bowler) |
| Shashank Singh (Batting Allrounder) | Nandre Burger ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Marcus Stoinis ✈️ (Batting Allrounder) | Tushar Deshpande (Bowler) |
| Suryansh Shedge (Batting Allrounder) | Fazalhaq Farooqi ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Glenn Maxwell ✈️ (Batting Allrounder, Withdrawn) | Kumar Kartikeya (Bowler) |
| Arshdeep Singh (Bowler) | Akash Madhwal (Bowler) |
| Xavier Bartlett ✈️ (Bowler) | Kwena Maphaka ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Yuzvendra Chahal (Bowler) | Maheesh Theekshana ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Praveen Dubey (Bowler) | Yudhvir Singh (Bowler) |
| Harpreet Brar (Bowler) | Sandeep Sharma (Bowler, Withdrawn) |
| Kyle Jamieson ✈️ (Bowler) |
RR vs PBKS 2025: Injury Updates
Rajasthan Royals: Nitish Rana and Sandeep Sharma have been ruled out of the tournament. They have been replaced by Lhuan Dre Pretorius and Nandre Burger.
Punjab Kings: Josh Inglis has decided not to come back for the rest of the tournament and has not been replaced. Mitchell Owen has joined the team while injured Lockie Ferguson is replaced by Kyle Jamieson.
