The Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper SANJUSON (RR) should return to the Playing XI after spending a fitness test before their 2025 game against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Sunday, May 18 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The 30-year-old groomer had missed the last five RR games due to secondary tension.
Samson had already treated a finger injury before the start of the season and had to play only as a striker. However, when he tried to recover his physical form and his form, he was forced to retire after having marked a quick 31 out of 19 deliveries against Delhi’s capital in the seventh game of the RR season. Since then, the Royals have not succeeded in only one victory in the absence of Samson and are currently language in second place in the table of points with only three victories in 12 games. Speaking before the crucial confrontation, Samson opened the challenges of the sideline observation.
“I succeeded in my fitness test, so I am available for the game. Yeah, I think that” frustrating “is definitely the right word. It was very difficult and difficult to watch the shelter games. Positive, “said Samson at the pre-match press conference.
The return of Trivandrum, born at the origin of Trivandrum, also means that Riyan Parag, which was held as a captain and who comes out of a 95 -point stroke in the previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders, will put the management functions to his elder. In the meantime, RR The bowling unit has been lamentable this season, at the worst average (52.1) of the league and will be without the injured pacers Sandeep Sharma and Jofra Archer.
In addition, the kings of Punjab, under Shreyas Iyer, put pressure for a top two and enter this match with 15 points. With two victories of their three remaining games enough to seal the qualification of the playoffs, the PBKs are clear favorites. Their non -capped Indian openers, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, have formed one of the most explosive duets this season. However, with foreign players like Josh Inglis and Marcus Stoinis unavailable, Punjab could make its debut in Mitchell Owen or Kyle Jamieson.
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