Rajasthan Royals registered a win towards Punjab Kings in the 66th match of IPL 2023 on Friday. In the match, RR received the toss and opted to bowl. Coming to bat first, PBKS scored 187/5 (20 overs). In response, Rajasthan chased the goal in 19.4 overs. In the sport performed at Punjab’s house floor, the Sanju Samson-led group received by 4 wickets.
Chasing 188, Yashasvi Jaiswal 50 (36) and Devdutt Padikkal 51 (30) hit fifty every, whereas Shimron Hetmyer performed a knock of 46 runs and influence substitute Dhruv Jurel 10 (4) completed it off in type by smashing a six.
After the win RR are alive in the race for Playoffs their destiny will depend on the outcomes of different matches. PBKS, alternatively, have been knocked out of the match.
PBKS had a gradual begin as they saved shedding wickets on common intervals to slide to 50/4 in the seventh over earlier than Sam Curran 49 (31) and Jitesh Sharma 44 (28) took cost and added 64 runs for the fifth wicket to information the group shut to an honest whole. Towards the top, Shahrukh Khan made 41 runs off 23 balls.
Navdeep Saini (3/40) was the decide of the bowlers for RR, alternatively, Kagiso Rabada (2/40) was the decide of the bowlers for PBKS.
After the match, Rajasthan Royals have climbed to the fifth spot on the factors desk with 14 factors and NRR of +0.15 and Punjab Kings are on the eighth place with 12 factors.
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, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
