Rajasthan Royals ousted Punjab Kings from IPL: Rajasthan won this match by four wickets. He kept his playoff hopes alive. On the other hand, the Punjab team was eliminated in the league round for the ninth consecutive season. They last reached the playoffs in 2014. Then she was the runner-up. In 16 seasons of the IPL, Punjab managed to advance beyond the league round only twice. In 2009, he reached the semi-finals.
Rajasthan needed nine runs in the last over to win. Dhruv Jurel and Trent Boult scored four runs off the first three balls. After this, Jurel ended the match by hitting a six on the fourth ball.
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl. Punjab scored 187 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan scored 189 runs for six wickets in 19.4 overs. Devdutt Padikkal scored the highest 51 runs for Rajasthan. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 50 and Shimron Hetmyer scored 46 runs. Ryan Parag scored 20 off 12 balls and Dhruv Jurel scored 10 not out off four balls.
Samson and Butler fail
Captain Sanju Samson could only score two runs. At the same time, Jos Buttler's poor form continued and he could not open the account. Kagiso Rabada took two wickets for Punjab. Sam Karan, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, and Rahul Chahar took one wicket each.
Shahrukh Khan and Sam Karan's bat
Talking about Punjab, Shahrukh Khan, and Sam Karan scored fast runs in the last over to take the team beyond 180 runs. In the last two overs, both together scored 46 runs. Sam Karan scored an unbeaten 49 off 31 balls. Jitesh Sharma scored 44 and Shahrukh Khan scored 41 not out off 23 balls. Atharva Tayde contributed 19 and Shikhar Dhawan contributed 17 runs. Liam Livingstone scored nine and Prabhsimran Singh scored two runs. Navdeep Saini took a maximum of three wickets for Rajasthan. He dismissed Atharva Tayde, Liam Livingstone, and Jitesh Sharma. Trent Boult and Adam Zampa got one success each.
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