Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Rajasthan Royals face Kings XI Punjab tomorrow

Mohali (PTI): Having already ensured semifinal berths, Indian Premier League's table topper teams - Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab - would face each other to gain psychological advantage in their last league match at PCA stadium here on Wednesday.
Although the outcome of the match is inconsequential, the teams would be locked in a keen tussle as they would like to go with their morale up in the semi-finals.
Besides, the Kings XI Punjab, who had lost to Shane Warne's young team in their previous meeting, would be rather eagar to settle scores.
But the Rajasthan Royals are in terrific form leading the points table having won 11 of their 13 matches, and their latest last-ball win against Mumbai Indians should act as a further morale booster for the Royals.
The Punjab team, too, has been in good form, winning 9 of their 13 matches, and came back strongly after losing first two games initially.
However, the defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders who registered an incredible win after it looked improbable at one stage in the previous match should give Punjab reason to work over weak areas.
One weak area has been pointed out by skipper Yuvraj earlier, who believes there is scope to further improve in the fielding department.
On the other hand Warne led team showed just yesterday in a match against Mumbai Indians at Jaipur that they would like to maintain winning momentum.

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