Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur hosts Rajasthan Royals versus Punjab Kings on the IPL 2026 schedule (Match 73, 7:30 PM IST first ball).
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium surface is dry Jaipur pitch with reverse swing in the death overs. Par score is 180 first-innings par, and bowlers who can swing reverse get the points. RR have leaned on Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag for top-order runs through this stretch of the season; their bowling stack rests on Trent Boult swinging the new ball. PBKS counter with Shashank Singh anchoring and Arshdeep Singh as the breakthrough bowler.
My captain pick is Sanju Samson. Vice-captain Shashank Singh balances the team across both sides. Third pick Yashasvi Jaiswal for the differential edge in big contests.
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With 26 fixtures still to play before the IPL 2026 playoffs cut on 19 May, every match shifts the points-table maths. Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings both have implications on the playoff race — Punjab Kings are tracking the seeding race more aggressively, and the result here can flip a top-4 vs eliminator outcome by net run-rate alone.
For Dream11 lineup construction the key inputs are the venue (above), the toss decision (chasing teams have been winning roughly 60% of night games at Sawai Mansingh Stadium this season), and the lineup confirmation 30 minutes before first ball. Lock your team after the toss when possible.