Rajasthan Royals registered a win against Punjab Kings in the 66th match of IPL 2023 on Friday. In the match, RR won the toss and opted to bowl. Electing to bat, PBKS scored 187/5 (20 overs). In reply, Rajasthan chased down the target in 19.4 overs. In this match played at Punjab’s home ground, the Sanju Samson-led team won by four wickets.
Chasing 188, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored half-centuries in 50 (36) and Devdutt Padikkal in 51 (30), while Shimron Hetmyer Played an innings of 46 runs and ended it with a six by impact substitute Dhruv Jurel 10(4).
With the win keeping RR alive in the playoff race, their fate depends on the results of the other matches. PBKS on the other hand has been eliminated from the tournament.
PBKS got off to a slow start, losing wickets at regular intervals to reach 50/4 in the seventh over, before Sam Curran 49 (31) and Jitesh Sharma 44 (28) took charge and added 64 runs for the fifth wicket. Guided the team. Team close to good total. In the end, Shah Rukh Khan scored 41 off 23 balls.
On the other hand, Navdeep Saini (3/40) was the pick of the bowlers for RR. Kagiso Rabada (2/40) Was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS.
After the match, Rajasthan Royals have moved up to 5th position in the points table with 14 points and NRR of +0.15 and Punjab Kings are at 8th position with 12 points.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, if butlerSanju Samson (w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, adam zampa, Trent BoultNavdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal