Punjab Kings have Adil Rashid and Nathan Ellis seeking to strengthen their iffy bowling assault as they start the second leg of the IPL 2021 season with their match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday.
Barring pacer Mohammed Shami, seventh-ranked Punjab usually misplaced their matches earlier this 12 months as a result of carelessness of their bowlers. Australia’s Ellis, who just lately turned the primary cricketer to take a hat-trick on his debut in a T20I, will be anticipated to be Shami’s companion, whereas Rashid presents Punjab a second wrist spin possibility aside from Ravi Bishnoi.
The second downside Punjab confronted within the first half of the season was the cumbersome nature of their batting line-up. Captain KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and Chris Gayle had been concerned within the runs however the contribution from the center and decrease order was much less. South Africa’s Aiden Markram, their third new addition, may also be known as upon to strengthen this facet of their staff mixture.
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Now sitting seventh within the IPL desk, Punjab must depend on big contributions from their high three batsmen if they’re to catch up within the high half of the desk.
When the 2 franchises met in India throughout the first half, Punjab managed to publish a slender 4-run victory in a high-scoring edge-of-the-seat thriller. Despite RR captain Sanju Samson’s century, Rajasthan ended up on the shedding facet.
Probable enjoying XI- KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shah Rukh Khan, Adil Rashid, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
