Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets in a thrilling match. Punjab scored 187 runs while batting first. In response, Rajasthan hit the target in 19.4 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal scored a half century for Rajasthan. Shimron Hetmyer also performed brilliantly. In the end, Dhruv Jurel made the team win with a six. Sam Karan scored an unbeaten 49 for Punjab. Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets for Rajasthan.
With this win, Rajasthan has reached number five on the points table. The team has won 7 playing 14 games. He still remains in the playoff race. With this defeat, Punjab is out of the race. Punjab has won 6 out of 14 matches. He has 12 points.
Starter Yashasvi Jaiswal hit well. He scored 50 runs off 36 balls. He made 8 fours. Devdutt Padikkal also scored a half century. He scored 51 runs off 30 balls. Devdutt hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Sanju Samson couldn’t do anything special. He came out after scoring just 2 runs. Jos Buttler started at zero. Riyan Parag came off after scoring 20 runs off 12 balls. Trent Boult remained undefeated after scoring 1 run. Dhruv Jurel scored 10 unbeaten runs off 4 balls. He made the team win by hitting a six.
Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab scored 187 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 5 wickets. During this, Sam Karan scored 49 not out. He faced 31 balls and hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Jitesh Sharma scored 44 runs off 28 balls. He made 3 fours and 3 sixes. Shahrukh Khan scored 41 runs off 23 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Previously, Livingstone was dismissed for 9 runs and Atharva Tayde for 19 runs. Shikhar Dhawan returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs. Prabhsimran Singh came out after scoring just 2 runs.
Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets while performing brilliantly for Punjab Kings. He gave up 40 runs in 4 overs. Trent Bolt took a wicket for 35 runs in 4 overs. Adam Zampa took a wicket for 26 runs in 4 overs. Sandeep Sharma gave up 46 runs in 4 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal gave up 40 runs in 4 overs.