PBKS vs RR: The match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals was played at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium. Rajasthan Royals team won this match. They defeated Punjab Kings by 3 wickets in this match. Both teams had reached here after losing their previous matches and both were hoping to get back on the winning track. Where Rajasthan Royals won and won the match in the last over. Many closely contested matches have been seen between the two teams in the last few years. Fans got to see something similar in this match also. This is the reason why fans are considering these two as the new arch rivals of IPL.
How was the match?
Punjab Kings have suffered a huge loss due to the defeat against Rajasthan Royals. In this match, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first. During this, Punjab Kings, batting first, scored 147 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Ashutosh Sharma played the highest innings of 31 runs for Punjab. He scored so many runs in 16 balls, due to which he could reach a respectable score. Rajasthan Royals’ bowling against Punjab was excellent and all five bowlers took wickets. For RR, Avesh Khan and Keshav Maharaj took two wickets each in 4 overs, while Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen and Yuzvrand Chahal took one wicket each.
RR wins in exciting race chase
In the second innings of the match, Rajasthan Royals had an easy target of 148 runs in 120 balls, but they had a lot of difficulty in achieving it and they won the match by scoring 152 runs after losing 7 wickets in 19.5 overs. Punjab Kings also performed brilliantly in bowling and kept the entire match exciting. In the last over, Rajasthan Royals needed 10 runs to win and Arshdeep Singh could not save it.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was the highest run scorer for RR by scoring 39 runs. Apart from him, Shimron Hetmyer finished the match for his team by scoring 27 runs in 10 balls. For Punjab, Kagiso Rabada and captain Sam Curran took 2 wickets each, while Arshdeep Singh, Liam Livingston and Harshal Patel took one wicket each.
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