Rajasthan Royals will be on the road to face the high-flying Punjab Kings side in the IPL 2026 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Tuesday.

The PBKS vs RR IPL 2026 match on April 28 will start at 7:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast.

RR captain Riyan Parag will be hoping for a response from his team after a tough loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last outing in Jaipur last week, despite a 36-ball 100 by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

The Royals made a fantastic start to their campaign, winning the first four matches on the trot but have managed one victory in their last four games.

Punjab Kings, on the other hand, head into the contest undefeated in their seven games.

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Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 standings

With 10 points from eight games, the Rajasthan Royals are currently fourth in the IPL 2026 points table. Punjab Kings are the table toppers with 13 points from seven, with the only point they dropped coming against KKR after the contest was washed out. Find the updated IPL points table here.

PBKS vs RR in IPL

Rajasthan Royals have dominated the RR vs PBKS IPL head-to-head record, having won 17 of the 30 matches to date. Punjab have 13 victories to their name. Last season, the two teams split the honours with RR winning their away game in New Chandigarh and Punjab prevailing in Jaipur.

Punjab Kings last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

DC

Delhi

Won

April 25, 2026

Six wickets

LSG

New Chandigarh

Won

April 19, 2026

54 runs

MI

Mumbai

Won

April 16, 2026

Seven wickets

SRH

New Chandigarh

Won

April 11, 2026

Six wickets

KKR

Kolkata

Abandoned

April 2. 2026

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Rajasthan Royals last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

SRH

Jaipur

Lost

April 25, 2026

Five wickets

LSG

Lucknow

Won

April 22, 2026

40 runs

KKR

Kolkata

Lost

April 19, 2026

Four wickets

SRH

Hyderabad

Lost

April 13, 2026

57 runs

RCB

Guwahati

Won

April 10, 2026

Six wickets

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, with 357 runs in eight games, has been the Royals’ top batter in IPL 2026. The teenager already has two fifties and a century this season - the latter coming in the last match against SRH.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel have also been among the runs this season.

Jaiswal, in particular, boast a good record against PBKS, having scored over 200 runs in eight matches at an average of over 42. He slammed fifties in both fixtures against Punjab in IPL 2025.

Jofra Archer has been in fine form with the ball for RR this season and is the team’s top wicket-taker with 13 scalps to his name. Ravi Bishnoi has spearheaded the spin department with 11 wickets.

Arshdeep Singh and Vyshak Vijaykumar have been the pick of the PBKS bowlers this season but it has been their consistent batting displays which have been central to the team’s undefeated streak this campaign

Opener Prabhsimran Singh, captain Shreyas Iyer, Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly have all scored over 200 runs this season and each of the four have multiple fifties to their name in IPL 2026.

In fact, PBKS - last year’s finalists - pulled off the highest-ever successful run chase in IPL and T20 cricket history in their last game as they hunted down DC’s total of 264 to comfortably win by five wickets.

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PBKS vs RR squads

Punjab Kings players: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Harnoor Singh, Yash Thakur, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Vishal Nishad.

Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Aman Rao, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Punja.

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals stats

  • 100: Shimron Hetmyer is 4 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL.
  • 100: Riyan Parag is 8 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL.
  • 100: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 6 sixes away from 100 sixes in T20s.
  • 100: Tushar Deshpande is 1 match away from 100 matches in T20s in India.
  • 150: Ravindra Jadeja is 8 sixes away from 150 sixes in T20s.
  • 200: Riyan Parag is 7 sixes away from 200 sixes in T20s.
  • 300: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 13 fours away from 300 fours in IPL.
  • 300: Dasun Shanaka is 3 sixes away from 300 sixes in T20s.
  • 1000: Dhruv Jurel is 88 runs away from 1000 runs in IPL.
  • 1000: Riyan Parag is 41 runs away from 1000 runs at No.4 in IPL.
  • 2500: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 79 runs away from 2500 runs in IPL.
  • 4000: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 63 runs away from 4000 runs in T20s.

Where to watch PBKS vs RR IPL 2026 live

Live streaming of the Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 match will be available on the JioHotstar App and website. The PBKS vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada and their corresponding HD TV channels in India. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST.

PBKS vs RR venue: New International Cricket Stadium records

  • Highest team total: 254/7 by PBKS against LSG in 2026
  • Lowest team total: 95/10 by KKR against PBKS in 2025
  • Highest individual score: 103 by Priyansh Arya, PBKS vs CSK, 2025
  • Best bowling figures: 4/28 by Yuzvendra Chahal, PBKS vs KKR, 2025
  • Highest partnership: 182 by Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly, second wicket, PBKS vs LSG, 2026
  • Win rate batting first: 50% (5 Won; 5 Lost)
  • Average first innings score: 180
  • Average first innings winning score: 212