Rajasthan Royals (RR) have consolidated their place on the top of the points table after a hard-fought win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Saturday (April 13).
Having elected to subject first, Rajasthan’s bowling assault utilized unrelenting strain on Punjab’s batting line-up and it paid dividends for them. Rajasthan had been in a position to get breakthroughs at common intervals and that by no means allowed the hosts to fly away with the run charge at any stage.
Some respectable contributions by Jitesh Sharma (29 off 24 balls), Liam Livingstone (21 off 14 balls) and Ashutosh Sharma (31 off 16 balls) helped Punjab submit a good 147 on the board.
While all of the Rajasthan bowlers chipped in with useful contributions, left-arm orthodox bowler Keshav Maharaj was the decide of all of the bowlers. The South African bagged two wickets and gave away simply 23 runs in 4 overs.
In reply, Rajasthan received off to an honest begin as Tanush Kotian and Yashasvi Jaiswal put collectively a 50-run stand earlier than Kotian departed within the ninth over.
Jaiswal was the following batter to be dismissed. The southpaw perished after scoring 39 off 28 balls and Rajasthan’s chase received derailed a bit after he fell.
The guests received diminished from 82/2 to 136/6 in 18.3 overs however Shimron Hetmyer did not let the sport slip out of Rajasthan’s palms. Hetmyer scored 27 off 10 balls and remained unbeaten proper until the top to take Rajasthan over the road by three wickets to spare.
IPL 2024 Points Table
Ranking | Teams | Matches | Wins | Losses | Points | NRR (Net run charge) |
1. | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0.767 |
2. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.528 |
3. | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.775 |
4. | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.666 |
5. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.344 |
6. | Gujarat Titans | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -0.637 |
7. | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.073 |
8. | Punjab Kings | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -0.218 |
9. | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -0.975 |
10. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1.124
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