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Rajasthan vs Punjab on March 25

Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab are gearing up for the first match of their season of the Indian Premier League, to be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday, March 25. The Ajinkya Rahane led side, which lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator last season, will be boosted by the return of Steve Smith, but only once the Australian’s elbow injury completely heals. Kings XI, on the other hand, will be primarily banking upon KL Rahul and Chris Gayle’s bats and hope to erase the regrettable memories from last year.

Best economical pick – Varun Chakravarthy was the talk of the town at this year’s IPL auction due to the fact that he was purchased for a whopping sum of Rs. 8.4 crores by Kings XI Punjab. For those of you who don’t know, Varun Chakravarthy is a mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu who came into the limelight due to his scintillating performances in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. During the course of the tournament, he picked up a total of 9 wickets at an excellent economy rate of 4.92.

Top captains & vice captains – Chris Gayle might not have had any takers at the 2018 auctions until the last minute, but his form in the recent ODI series against England is a warning sign to all teams. The southpaw scored 424 runs in just 4 innings with an average of 106 and strike-rate of 134.18, which includes 39 sixes! With that kind of a form, Gayle should be your captain for this match.

JosButtler had a stellar IPL last season, especially when promoted to the opening position where he equaled an IPL record of five consecutive fifties and propelled the Royals into the final four. Buttler's statistics were extremely impressive, and the Royals will hope he can produce a similar performance this time round. Buttler comes into the IPL in a rich vein of form, having recently scored an excellent 150 against the West Indies.

Smart pick – Not much needs to written about Ben Stokes, who has performed as the best all-rounder in the tournament. With the bat and ball, he is an absolute gem to have in the side and he was also awarded the MVP award in 2017 during his time with the Pune franchise. He will once again be in the company of Steve Smith and he definitely would relish that.

Cautious Pick – Among Ankit Rajpoot and Mohammed Shami, KXIP have place only for one player and the management might go with Shami initially, as he has been doing very well for team India recently. So Ankit Rajpoot might not find a place in playing XI.

 My XI – Chris Gayle (Captain), Jos Buttler (Vice-Captain), Ben Stokes, Varun Chakravarthy, Sanju Samson, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Rahul Tripathi