IPL 2023 | Kagiso Rabada Back in PBKS Playing XI, No Place for Livingstone
Rabada is back in PBKS playing XI [Twitter]
Kagiso Rabada is back in the Punjab Kings (PBKS) playing XI for the IPL match against Gujarat Titans (GT). However, surprisingly, there is no room for Liam Livingstone who is making a comeback after a serious knee injury.
Rabada was with the South African national side for their matches against Netherlands and joined the squad late. In place of Rabada, PBKS had Nathan Ellis, who picked up 5 wickets in 3 matches.
Livingstone's unavailability comes in as a surprise as the hard-hitting England batter had arrived in India a few days ago, and would have strengthened the PBKS batting lineup. Livingstone suffered with knee injuries on England's tour of Pakistan and has been on the sidelines for the past four months.
However, PBKS have received a major boost with the return of Bhanuka Rajapaksa. He missed a couple of games due to an injury and will be slotted in that number 3 spot.
Talking about the match, Gujarat Titans have won the toss and Hardik Pandya has elected to bowl first. Skipper Hardik missed GT's last game against KKR, and is back leading the team for this encounter.
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