Royal battle --- Kings vs Royals

In the battle of royals, both Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings are eyeing a winning start to their IPL campaigns in Mumbai on Monday evening. The match starts at 7.30 PM.

Indian international batsman and wicket-keeper KL Rahul will be leading the Punjab side. With a reputation as the hard-hitter batsman, Rahul will be supported by other big hitters Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal.  

Rahul and Aggarwal, who was one of the successful combinations of the previous edition of the IPL, are likely to open in this season too.

Punjab is banking on their batting line-up with Englishman Dawid Malan, M Shahrukh Khan and West Indian Nicholas Pooran in its ranks.

While on the other hand Rajasthan Royals --- led by Sanju Samson --- is hoping a good show from English international all-rounder Ben Stokes. Another Englishman Jos Buttler, local lad Yashasvi Jaiswal, all-rounders Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia can be a great threat to the opposition.

Teams: 
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.