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Rajasthan Royals registered a stunning victory against Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals. The Punjab Kings team failed to chase the target of 206 runs by Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings.
Highlights
- Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant innings of 67 runs.
- Punjab Kings could not achieve the target of 206 runs.
New Delhi. Rajasthan Royals registered a stunning victory by 50 runs against Punjab Kings (Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals). Rajasthan Royals, losing the toss and batting first, scored a score of 205 runs for four wickets against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match. While chasing, the Punjab team could score 155 runs. In this way, Punjab missed a hat -trick of winning.
Jaiswal and captain Sanju Samson (38 runs off 26 balls), after Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer’s decision to bowl, shared an 89 -run partnership for the first wicket and gave Rajasthan Royals the best start of this season. Jaiswal had been able to score only 1, 29 and four runs in three matches. But this 23 -year -old returned to form, scoring three fours and five sixes in 44 balls, a brilliant 67 runs.
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Locky Ferguson dismissed both Samson and Jaiswal in the middle overs. After this, Nitish Rana (12) was also dismissed cheaply. Shimron Hetmyer (20 runs in 12 balls), looking dangerous, could not score a big score after a bang. But Ryan Parag (43 not out in 25 balls), with the help of three sixes and the same fours, finally batted with the help of the Rajasthan Royals team managed to cross the score of 200 runs for the first time on this ground. For Punjab, Locky Ferguson took 2, Arcedeep Singh and Marco Yansen took 1-1 wickets.
Nehal Vadhera made 62
Chasing a target of 206 runs, Punjab team could score runs. Punjab started poorly. Priyansh Arya 0, Prabhasimran 17 and Shreyas Iyer were dismissed for 10 runs in 5 balls. Marcus Stoinis was dismissed for just 1 run. When Maxwell and Nehal Vadhera were batting, it seemed that they would win the match. But this did not happen. Maxwell was dismissed by making 30 off 21 balls. At the same time, Nehal was dismissed for 62 runs.
Jofra-Sandeep’s havoc
Jofra Archer took 3 wickets for Rajasthan Royals. He dismissed Priyansh, Iyer and Arshdeep. Sandeep Sharma and Mahesh Tishta also took 2-2 wickets in their names. Sandeep dismissed Suryansh Shedge and Marcus Stoinis. For Punjab, no one could score 10 runs in the end overs and could only score 155 runs in the game of 20 overs.