RR vs PBKS Head to Head Record in IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Stats, Most Runs, Wickets

The Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) has become one of the exciting rivalries in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the last few years. The main reason for its popularity is the thrilling finishes between both teams every season that has enthralled the fans over the last few years. RR are the champions of the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008 and finished as the runners-up in IPL 2022, while PBKS are yet to win a title and haven’t qualified for the playoffs after making it into their only IPL final in 2014. 

Both RR and PBKS will be facing each other again in IPL 2025 and fans will be expecting another thrilling finish between both sides. Let’s have a look at their IPL rivalry so far.

RR vs PBKS Head to Head in IPL 

Both Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings have met each other 26 times in the IPL where RR are leading with 15 wins, while PBKS come out victorious on 11 occasions. Some famous encounters with both teams include the one during the IPL 2015 fixture in Ahmedabad which went to the super over. PBKS scored 191 for 6 in reply to RR’s 191 for 6 and won the game in the super over. The other is from IPL 2020 where RR pulled off a thrilling run chase of 224 runs, powered by Rahul Tewatia’s five sixes off Sheldon Cotrel in the 18th overs that made RR win the matches from the jaws of defeat. 

RR vs PBKS Head to Head at Sawai Mansingh Stadium 

Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings have faced each other six times at RR’s home ground Sawai Mansingh Stadium. In these five matches, the hosts RR are in a lead with five wins while PBKS come out victorious on just one occasion. In the last match played at this ground, PBKS defeated RR by 14 runs, successfully defending a total of 184 runs. It was the same match where the famous mankading incident took place between Ravichandran Ashwin and Jos Buttler.

PBKS vs RR Head to Head at Barsapara Cricket Stadium

Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals have played just one game at RR’s new ground in Guwahati named Barsapara Cricket Stadium on 5th April, 2023. PBKS come out victorious in that high scoring thriller by 5 runs. Batting first, PBKS posted 197/4 in their 20 overs, with the help of half-centuries by Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh. In reply, RR were restricted at 192 losing 7 wickets Nathan Ellis shining with the ball with the figures of 4/30. 

RR Record at Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati

• RR Played: 2
• RR Won: 1
• RR Lost: 1
• RR Won Batting First: 1
• RR Won Chasing: 0
• RR Highest Total: 199
• RR Lowest Total: 192

PBKS Record at Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati

• PBKS Played: 1
• PBKS Won: 1
• PBKS Lost: 0
• PBKS Won Batting First: 1
• PBKS Won Chasing: 0
• PBKS Highest Total: 197
• PBKS Lowest Total: NA

PBKS vs RR Head-to-Head at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala

Talking about PBKS’ second home ground in Dharamshala, PBKS and RR have also played one match against each other at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium on 19th May, 2023, where RR defeated PBKS by 4 wickets in a last over thriller. Batting first, PBS posted 187/5 with Sam Curran top scoring with an unbeaten 49 runs off 31 balls, along with Jitesh Sharma (44 off 28) and Shahrukh Khan (41 off 23) also playing handful knocks. In reply, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal come up with half-centuries as RR chased the winning total in 19.4 overs losing 6 wickets. 

RR vs PBKS Top Performers

Most Runs 

RR skipper Sanju Samson is the leading run-scorer in RR vs PBKS with 596 runs, followed by KL Rahul who amassed 490 runs against RR for PBKS. The third spot belongs to Shaun Marsh with 409 runs among batters from both teams. 

Most Wickets

PBKS young pacer Arshdeep Singh is the leading wicket-taker in the RR vs PBKS rivalry with 15 scalps, followed by Piyush Chawla with 14 wickets and Siddharth Trivedi with 11 wickets each.