Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals will face off in match 40 of IPL 2026 on Tuesday (April 28) – here are the live scores, broadcast and streaming details, playing XIs, toss and team news of PBKS V RR.
IPL 2026, Match 40: PBKS vs RR live score
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Punjab Kings playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player options: Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan.
Rajasthan Royals playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Brijesh Sharma, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja.
Impact Player options: Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer.
Match 40, Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?
PBKS vs RR: 7.30 pm local time
Punjab will be high on confidence after chasing down 265 against the Delhi Capitals on Saturday. The stars for the team have been Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who have a combined run rate of 14.90 in this tournament, while Shreyas Iyer has been unstoppable. Cooper Connolly has impressed in his maiden IPL season, striking at 164 in six innings. Punjab are yet to lose a game, and sit pretty on top of the points table.
RR, on the other hand, have lost three of their last four matches. While Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been a threat upfront, the batting fizzles down the order, and an early inroad often spells trouble for the team. The battle that will decide the match will be between RR's pace twins of Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger and Punjab's explosive openers.
IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live
The IPL 2026 match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.
You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.
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