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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
Royals will need to come up with some quick-fix measures to snap their three-match losing streak when they take on a formidable Delhi Capitals.
Royals lost the plot in the last five overs partly due to selfish approach from senior player Robin Uthappa.
The win took Royals to fifth spot with 12 points from 13 games, while KXIP remained in fourth place with 12 points from 13 matches.
While Stokes will be an important cog in the Rajasthan Royals wheel, the team will also have to fix its top order which has been short of runs in the last five games, leaving too much for the lower-order to get.
Stokes will join his side Rajasthan Royals after serving a six-day quarantine period.
RCB captain Kohli regained form with an unbeaten 72, while Padikkal notched up his third fifty from four games.
Both KXIP and the Royals would look to build a winning momentum after starting the tournament as underdogs.
In two wins from two matches, the Royals have got past the 200-mark with ease. In their success, they have found two stars in Sanju Samson and Rahul Tewatia, who have outshone marquee players.
Stokes, hero of England's World Cup triumph last year, is going through a tough phase. He pulled out of the three-match series against Pakistan in August before the second Test to be with his father, diagnosed with brain cancer.
With leg-spinner Tewatia yearning for recognition for his four catches, Ponting obliges by telling the entire squad, albeit in a lighter vein.
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