IPL 2021, PBKS vs RR Predicted Playing 11: Evin Lewis likely to debut for Rajasthan, Adil to play for Punjab

Punjab Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals to improve upon their mid-table position in Match 32 of the India Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Dubai on Tuesday.

Liam Livingstone and Evin Lewis can be explosive in the Powerplay overs and Royals will expect skipper Sanju Samson to be more consistent in that number three position.

Shami will lead Punjab's bowling attack and PBKS can pick either Adil Rashid or Ravi Bishnoi for wrist spin. Their pace line-up with left-arm seamer MWE Arshdeep Singh as the domestic pick doesn't look the strongest.

Royals' third and fourth foreign player in the playing XI will be interesting choices as Chris Morris as an all-rounder is a certainty, while the fourth slot will go to either David Miller in the middle-order or world's No 1 T20 spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.

However, it is the Indian players like Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya, who will like to step up their game in the next four weeks to ensure a playoff berth for Royals, which many believe is the weakest unit in absence of Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler.

Similarly, for Punjab Kings, Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are expected to open with Chris Gayle still an enforcer par excellence at the age of 41 which will keep the Rajasthan bowlers on tenterhooks.

In the middle-order, Nicholas Pooran, who had a horrendous outing in the first phase will like to put a far better account of himself along with M Shahrukh Khan.

Punjab Kings Playing XI: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle/Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan/Adil Rashid, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami

Rajasthan Royals XI: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Liam Livingstone, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman/Tabraiz Shamsi.