Former Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has urged Punjab Kings’ fast bowler Arshdeep Singh to bowl at the middle and off-stump line against Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Tuesday. Pujara reckons Singh should try to get the ball move away from the left-hander.

Suryavanshi has been in prime form in the ongoing IPL 2026, and scored a blistering knock of 103 runs off just 37 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last game. The 15-year-old youngster has scored 357 runs in eight matches of IPL 2026 at an average of 44.63 and a blistering strike rate of 234.86.

Cheteshwar Pujara said on Star Sports, “Arshdeep, I think he, being a left-arm seamer, will come over the stumps for Vaibhav. He will have to ensure that he bowls that middle and off-stump plan, where the ball is going away from him. We have seen that when Moshin was bowling against Vaibhav, he got that success against him. Arshdeep will have to do a similar thing.

“Try and bowl back of length on middle and off stump line. Try to keep hitting that channel more often and also try to utilize his slower deliveries because Arshdeep has very good slower deliveries. Try to use yorkers in between if needed. But early on, I think first four or five deliveries, just try and hit that back of length on middle and off stump,” he added.

The former Indian number three batter, Pujara, said he is hopeful that Suryavanshi will continue his purple patch in the ongoing season.

He concluded, “I think Vaibhav, the way he batted in the last game, that was brilliant. He got a 100. So hopefully, he will continue batting the same way because, on a good pitch, he likes to take on the bowlers. We will have to do the same against Arshdeep and Marco Jansen as well. Bartlett didn’t bowl well in the last game. He conceded more than 50; I think it was close to 60 against Delhi. So he will be under a bit of pressure, so try and utilize that.”

RR will face PBKS on Tuesday.