IPL 2024: Why Punjab Kings Captain Shikhar Dhawan Is Not Playing PBKS vs RR Match?

In the match no. 27 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan was replaced by Sam Curran during toss as he was not available for the match in Mullanpur. It came as a shock to everyone to not see the home side captain at toss time but the replacement informed Dhawan picked up a niggle.

 

Sam Curran said, "Shikhar picked up a niggle, that's why I'm here. We would have bowled first as well, but we'll now have to put the runs on the board. The balance has been good, we'd have liked to win a few more games, but the middle-order looks good, especially Shashank and Ashutosh. We've got exciting players and plenty of quality. We've Taide coming in for Shikhar tonight." (IPL 2024: Ishan Kishan Breaks Silence On Losing BCCI Contract And Missing Ranji Trophy)

Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to field first against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Mullanpur Stadium on Saturday.

RR is at the top with four wins and a loss and their winning streak was ended by Gujarat Titans (GT) in their last match. PBKS is in the eighth spot with two wins and three losses. They lost their previous match to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Shikhar Dhawan, the regular PBKS skipper, RR's Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin are not playing the game, with all of them having niggles. Sam Curran is leading PBKS in place of Dhawan. (More to follow)