Rajasthan won by 4 wickets in the last match of the season – still in the playoff race

PBKS vs RR: Rajasthan Royals keep their hopes alive in the Indian Premier League 2023 playoff race, while Punjab Kings are out of the race. Rajasthan Royals, captained by Sanju Samson, defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets in the 66th match of the current season, playing under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose fielding at Dharamshala ground. Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab scored 187 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan achieved the target of 188 runs by 6 wickets in 19.4 overs.

Rajasthan's wickets fell like this

First: Rabada made Jos Buttler LBW on the fourth ball of the second over.

Second: On the 5th ball of the 10th over, Arshdeep got Devdutt Paddikal caught by Harpreet Brar.

Third: On the 5th ball of the 11th over, Rahul Chahar got captain Sanju Samson caught by Rishi Dhawan.

Fourth: Nathan Ellis caught by Rishi Dhawan on the third ball of the 15th over.

Jaiswal scored 5th half-century of the season on 35 balls

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his 5th half-century of the current season. He completed the half century on 35 balls. This is Jaiswal's 8th IPL fifty. He scored 50 runs in 36 balls at a strike rate of 138.88.

73 partnership between Jaiswal-Paddikal

After losing Butler's wicket at a score of 12 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal shared a 49-ball 73-run partnership for the second wicket with Devdutt Paddikal. Arshdeep Singh broke this partnership by dismissing Paddikal.

Fifty on 29 balls of Paddikal

Devdutt Paddikal, who came to play after opener Jos Buttler was dismissed for zero, played a half-century innings. He completed the half century in 29 balls. This is Devdutt's second half-century of the season. He has scored the 9th half century of his career. Paddikkal scored 51 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 170.00.

Brilliant start from Rajasthan

Chasing the target of 188, Rajasthan got off to a good start. The team scored 57 runs for one wicket in the first 6 overs. Opener Jose Butler was out on zero. He was LBW by Kagiso Rabada.

Butler out on zero for the 5th time

Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler was dismissed for zero in the second over of the second innings. He was lbw by Kagiso Rabada on the fourth ball of the over. Butler has been out on zero for the fifth time this season. Prior to this season, he had never been dismissed for a duck in the IPL. Even in the last season, he had also scored 4 centuries. At the same time, this season could not even make a single century, got out on ducks 5 times.

More than 100 runs completed in Yashasvi's first over

Rajasthan opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 3 fours in the very first over of the second innings. He scored 12 runs in Sam Karan's over, with this he also became the first batsman to score more than 100 runs in the first over of this IPL season. He got 110 runs in the first overs of 14 matches this season. In this, he got out on only one zero.

Karan-Jitesh's innings made Punjab score 187 runs

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose fielding at Dharamshala ground. Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab scored 187 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Jitesh Sharma played an innings of 44 runs, while Sam Karan scored 49 runs off 31 balls.

Navdeep Saini took 3 wickets for Rajasthan. Trent Boult and Adam Zampa got one wicket each.

Punjab's wickets fell like this

First: Prabhsimran Singh was caught and bowled by Trent Boult on the second ball of the first over.

Second: On the fourth ball of the fourth over, Saini got Atharva Tayde caught by Devdutt Paddikal.

Third: Shikhar Dhawan was LBW by Adam Jampa on the third ball of the sixth over.

Fourth: Navdeep Saini bowled Livingstone on the third ball of the 7th over.

Fifth: On the 5th ball of the 14th over, Navdeep Saini got Jitesh Sharma caught by Donoman Ferreira.

Navdeep Saini dismissed Tayed, Livingstone and Sharma

Navdeep Saini bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan. He took 3 wickets while spending 40 runs in four overs of his quota. Saini dismissed Atharva Tayde, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma.

73 partnership on 37 balls between Sam-Shahrukh

After the dismissal of Jitesh Sharma, there was a half-century partnership between Sam Karan and Shah Rukh Khan in the last over. This partnership brought the team's score close to 190. Both added an unbeaten 73 off 37 balls.

Jitesh-Sam partnership handled Punjab

After losing four wickets for 50 runs, Jitesh Sharma and Sam Karan tried to handle Punjab by sharing a half-century partnership. Both added 64 runs on 44 balls. Navdeep Saini broke this pair by dismissing Jitesh Sharma.

Punjab scored 48 runs in Powerplay, also lost 2 wickets

Punjab had an average start in the first powerplay of the match. The team scored 48 runs for three wickets in the first 6 overs. Prabhsimran 2, Atharva Tayde 19 and captain Shikhar Dhawan were dismissed after scoring 17 runs. Trent Bold, Navdeep Saini and Adam Jampa got wickets for their team.

Ravichandran Ashwin is not playing due to injury

The team has come down with two changes, while there has been no change in the Punjab team from the last match.

See the playing-11 of both the teams

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Tayde, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Sam Karan, Harpreet Brar, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players: Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan and Mohit Rathi.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Players: Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Vashisht, Morgan Ashwin.