As Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) begin their Indian Premier League (IPL) battle on Wednesday, records will be shattered. Match No. 8 of the IPL 2023 will take place at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati between Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the defending champions Rajasthan, captained by slugger Sanju Samson. After defeating the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their IPL 2023 opener, Punjab Kings are moving on to the upcoming game.
Jos Buttler, Shikhar Dhawan, and Sanju Samson are poised to break multiple batting records (PTI)
Punjab trounced Kolkata, while Rajasthan, the runners-up from the previous season, defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their opening game of the season in Hyderabad. Arshdeep Singh, a pacer who has became Punjab’s go-to bowler, is two wickets short from reaching 50 T20 victories in India. Moreover, pacer Arshdeep needs seven more victims to acquire 50 IPL wickets. Kagiso Rabada, a fast bowler, needs just one more victory to reach 100 career wickets in the lucrative competition.
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Dhawan, the captain of PBKS, will aim to accomplish a significant accomplishment against RR in the IPL after playing a scorching knock of 40 off 29 balls. In IPL play, the seasoned opener has scored 576 runs against RR. Against Rajasthan in the T20 competition, the former Delhi Capitals (DC) opener may become the fifth player to reach 600 runs.
With regard to batting statistics, RR captain Samson is six maximums away from reaching 250 sixes in the game’s shortest format. Samson scored an explosive half-century (55) as RR defeated SRH by 72 runs in the IPL 2023. Jos Buttler, the captain of England and Samson’s teammate, has a chance to set a number of records in the forthcoming IPL 2023 game on Wednesday between RR and PBKS.
Butler needs 115 more runs to reach 3000 during his IPL career. Moreover, the RR batter needs 84 more runs to get 500 runs versus PBKS. Butler had a scorching 22-ball 54 in RR’s opening IPL 2023 game in Hyderabad. In 83 IPL games, the England opener has scored 2885 runs.