Rajasthan Royals Team
Punjab Kings team has defeated Rajasthan Royals by five wickets. In this match, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bat first. Rajasthan batsmen could not perform well. The team gave Punjab Kings a target of 145 runs to win, which the Punjab team achieved thanks to the strong innings of captain Sam Curran. As soon as Rajasthan Royals lost, one team got a big advantage. Now the team has a chance to reach the top-2.
This team has a chance to finish in top-2
Rajasthan Royals now have 16 points from 13 matches and their net run rate plus is 0.273. The team has one match left, which it has to play against KKR. If the team wins against KKR, it will have 18 points. But still his place in the top-2 of the points table will not be confirmed.
Because Sunrisers Hyderabad has 14 points after 12 matches and its net run rate is plus 0.528. Hyderabad team is ahead of Rajasthan in net run rate. Hyderabad still has two matches left, which it has to play against Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings. If Hyderabad wins both these matches, it will have 18 points and has a good chance of finishing in the top-2. This opportunity was created after Rajasthan Royals lost to Punjab Kings. Hyderabad has benefited from Rajasthan’s defeat.
Sam Curran won the match
Trent Boult started the bowling for Rajasthan Royals. He got the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh. After this Jonny Bairstow was out after scoring 14 runs. He was dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal. Avesh Khan bowled the fifth over. He took two wickets in this over. He took the wickets of Riley Rousseau and Shashank Singh in this over. Shashank could not even open his account. It seemed that Rajasthan Royals team can defend even a small total in this match. But Sam Curran held one end and was not out till the end. He scored 63 runs in 41 balls, which included 5 fours and three sixes. It is because of him that the team has been successful in winning the match. Jitesh Sharma contributed 22 runs. Ashutosh Sharma scored the winning run. Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each for Rajasthan Royals.
Riyan Parag played a strong innings
Rajasthan Royals team suffered a setback in the first over itself. When star batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion without opening his account. His wicket was taken by Sam Curran. After this Tom Cadmore was also out after scoring 18 runs. Captain Sanju Samson definitely hit three fours. But he also returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs. Due to this, Rajasthan team seemed to be limited to a very low score. But then Riyan Parag and Ravichandran Ashwin batted well. Ashwin scored 28 runs. He was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh. Because of Riyan Parag, Rajasthan team was able to reach a respectable score. He scored 48 runs in 34 balls. For Punjab Kings, Sam Kar, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each.
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