PBKS vs RR Toss Update, IPL 2025 Match 18: Playing 11, Captain's Quotes, Pitch Report

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PBKS vs RR Toss Update, Playing 11 IPL 2025 Match 18: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer opted to bowl first after winning the toss against Rajasthan Royals at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on April 5, 2025 (Saturday).

After winning the toss, PBK skipper Shreyas Iyer said: "We'll bowl first. Looking at the last game, we were playing on a new wicket and we want to see how the pitch plays. Same mindset here as well. We need to stabilise the rhythm from game one and that's happened.

"Important to steady the ship from here, boys are in high spirits. Need to maintain composure and calmness throughout the season. We've played the practice games here so we know how the wicket will play. We played our last two games on red soil so hopefully, we can adapt early. We have the mindset of champions. Bowling first, no changes for us. Will change things around maybe with the impact sub."

Meanwhile Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said: "Pretty happy to bat first and put on a decent total. (On playing as an impact sub earlier) I could feel what the coaches would be going through, a bit restless and helpless. But excited to be back now.

"It is a new team and team management, we have got to know each other now and it takes a bit of time. We are geling better now, last game we pretty much had the perfect game. We have a small niggle for Tushar Despande, so he's out for today and Yudhvir comes in for him."

PBKS vs RR Playing 11

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(c), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Sandeep Sharma

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