IPL 2015: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab - Venue, date and predicted line-ups

Unbeaten Rajasthan Royals (RR) will play Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the 18th match of IPL 2015 at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. RR have 5 wins from 5 matches whereas KXIP have won only 1 match from the 4 they have played. Both teams are famous for their Australian players and are also captained by Aussies. KXIP will be hoping to come up as the first team of this IPL to defeat RR. For RR, Shane Watson’s return has added more strength to their already power-packed side as he wasted no time in telling that he is here for some serious business with his quick fire 73 runs against Chennai Super Kings.

Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Date and time: 21 April, 2015, 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)

Previous meeting: Rajasthan Royals won by 26 runs

Highest run-getters

RR: Ajinkya Rahane (231 runs in 5 matches)

Ajinkya Rahane

KXIP: George Bailey (164 runs in 4 matches)

George Bailey

Highest wicket-takers

RR: Pravin Tambe (5 wickets in 5 matches)

KXIP: Sandeep Sharma (7 wickets in 4 matches)

Expected line-ups

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (captain), Steven Smith, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson (wk), Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Deepak Hooda, Chris Morris, Ankit Sharma, Pravin Tambe

Kings XI Punjab: Murali Vijay, Virender Sehwag, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey (captain), Thisara Perera, Axar Patel, Gurkeerat Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma