Punjab Kings suffered a huge injury blow as captain Shikhar Dhawan missed out on the crucial IPL 2024 game against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. Sam Curran walked out for the toss at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first with some big changes to their playing eleven. Star batter Jos Buttler and experienced bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin missed out due to different injuries for Rajasthan with Rovman Powell and Tanush Kotian coming in. Punjab Kings playing XI: Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.Rajasthan Royals playing XI: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Tanush Kotian, Trent Boult, Keshav Maharaj, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.