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Dhawan, Buttler Out; Curran To Captain PBKS As RR Opt To Bowl

Dhawan won't play tonight's game vs RR [AP]Dhawan won't play tonight's game vs RR [AP]

In a significant development, Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and opted to bowl against Punjab Kings in the 27th group-stage match of the ongoing Indian Premier League season. Both teams are without some of their key players. 

While the Kings will be led by Sam Curran in Shikhar Dhawan's absence, the Royals will miss Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin, who miss out due to minor injuries. 

At toss, RR skipper Sanju Samson said, 

"We will bowl first here. It looks like a decent wicket. Yes, we will be missing the legends tonight. Jos Buttler is not 100% and Ashwin is not playing due to niggle. Rovman Powell comes in and Tanush Kotian makes his debut." 

Meanwhile, Samson's counterpart Sam Curran revealed why Dhawan isn't playing and said, 

"Unfortunately, Shikhar has picked up a niggle and I'm here. Hopefully, I can do well for the team. We would have bowled first as well. But nothing we can do right now. We have to do well now with the bat in hand."

Punjab Kings Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada

Impact players: Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Ashutosh Sharma

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Sanju Samson (c and wk), Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Keshav Maharaj, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq