The 27th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh. In this match, Rajasthan team has retained its first position in the points table with a close win by 3 wickets. The Punjab Kings team played this match without its regular captain Shikhar Dhawan, after which the team, batting first, scored 147 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan team achieved this target at the loss of 7 wickets with 1 ball remaining, in which Shimran Hetmyer played an important role with the bat and played an unbeaten inning of 27 runs in just 10 balls, giving victory to Rajasthan. Returned. Whereas Sam Curran, who is handling the responsibility of captaincy on behalf of Punjab Kings, said poor batting was the major reason for the defeat.
we didn’t start well
After the defeat in the match against Rajasthan Royals, Sam Curran said that the ball was staying a little low on this wicket and we did not start well and were not able to end the innings in a better manner. However, due to the better performance of the lower order players, we definitely managed to reach close to 150 runs. We did better in bowling and were in consistent matches but we had to face another close defeat this season. I am confident that we will definitely bounce back in the next match. We have played three games on our home ground and we are trying our best to understand the conditions of this venue, but despite this we have definitely adapted ourselves in a better way. We had won the first match here and had to face close defeats in 2 matches, one by 2 runs and the other by 3 wickets. However, despite this, all the players have performed better than before in the last few matches.
Path to playoff becomes difficult for Punjab
In the 17th season of IPL, the Punjab Kings team has played 6 matches so far, out of which they have won only 2, one of which was against Delhi Capitals while the other was against Gujarat Titans. Apart from this, they have faced defeat in 4 matches. Currently, Punjab Kings have to play 8 more matches this season and to reach the playoffs, they will have to perform better in all of them. Punjab is currently at 8th position in the points table, in which they have only 4 points and the team’s net run rate is -0.218. The team has to play its next match against Mumbai Indians on 18 April.
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