Punjab Kings will look to bounce back when they host Rajasthan Royals in match 27 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at their new home ground – Maharaj Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Saturday (April 13).
Shikhar Dhawan-led PBKS will look to respond to the narrow loss at home against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last outing, while Sanju Samson’s RR will also look to get back to winning ways after losing for the first time this season against Gujarat Titans.

PBKS, who are on four points, has lost to SRH at home as well as Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants on the road, but have wins over GT away from home and Delhi Capitals at their new home in Mullanpur.
RR, on the other hand, had registered wins against DC, LSG, RCB and Mumbai Indians before going down to GT in the most recent fixture. Despite the recent loss, RR still lead the points table with 8 points.
PBKS and RR will lock horns for the 27th time in IPL history. Here is a look at Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals head to head record, stats & results ahead of PBKS vs RR IPL 2024 Match 27.
In the 26 PBKS vs RR head to head matches in IPL so far, it’s Rajasthan Royals that hold the advantage with 15 wins against Punjab Kings, who have won 11 times against the inaugural champions.
In the last 5 meeting as well, RR has a 3-2 edge against PBKS, including the most recent match in 2023 season at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, where RR chased down 188 with 4 wickets and 2 balls to spare.
The two sides are set to lock horns for the first time at the New PCA Stadium, which has hosted only 2 IPL matches so far. PBKS chased down 175 with 4 wickets in hand in the final over against Delhi Capitals, but fell short by 2 runs in their run chase of 183 against SRH.
Several players have shined for the two franchises in their clashes in previous IPL meetings. So, let’s take a look at the top performers and stats in the earlier RR vs PBKS fixtures:
| Stats | For PBKS vs RR | For RR vs PBKS |
| Wins Batting 1st | 8 | 7 |
| Wins Chasing | 3 | 8 |
| Highest Total | 223 | 226 |
| Lowest Total | 124 | 112 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 193 | 226 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 139 | 158 |
| Most Runs | KL Rahul (490 runs) | Sanju Samson (596 runs) |
| Highest scorer | Shaun Marsh (115) | Sanju Samson (119) |
| Most Sixes | Chris Gayle, KL Rahul & Shaun Marsh (17 sixes each) | Sanju Samson (27 sixes) |
| Most Fours | KL Rahul (43 fours) | Sanju Samson (48 fours) |
| Most Fifties | KL Rahul (5 fifties) | Jos Buttler (3 fifties) |
| Most Hundreds | Shaun Marsh & Mayank Agarwal (1 hundred each) | Sanju Samson (1 hundred) |
| Most wickets | Arshdeep Singh (15 wickets) | Siddharth Trivedi (11 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Arshdeep Singh (5/32) | Kevon Cooper (4/26) |