punjab Kings have defeated rajasthan Royals by 10 runs. In this match, punjab team, playing first, put 219 runs on the scoreboard, in response to which rajasthan could only score 209 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. By winning this match, punjab has almost confirmed its place in the playoffs. Nehal Wadhera and Harpreet Barad made the biggest contribution to Punjab's victory. Wadhera scored 70 runs and Harpreet took 3 important wickets.
In this match played at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, rajasthan Royals got a target of 220 runs. In response, yashasvi jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave their team a stormy start. Together, the team's score crossed 60 runs in the 5th over itself. Meanwhile, Suryavanshi was out after scoring 40 runs in 15 balls. yashasvi jaiswal held one end, but got out as soon as he completed his fifty. jaiswal scored 50 runs in 25 balls in his innings, which included 9 fours and 1 six.
Sanju Samson returned in this match, but he was out after scoring just 20 runs. The team needed a big innings from Riyan Parag, he was clean bowled by Harpreet Barad on a score of 13 runs. The lack of a big partnership was increasing Rajasthan's problems.
dhruv Jurel was holding one end like an iron man, but he was not getting support from the other end. There was a partnership of 37 runs between dhruv Jurel and shimron hetmyer, while when hetmyer was out after scoring 11 runs, rajasthan had to score 39 runs in 16 balls to win.
30 runs were to be scored in the last over
rajasthan Royals had to score 30 runs in the last over. Arshdeep Singh came to bowl in the 19th over, in which he gave only 8 runs, which brought the match in Punjab's favor to a great extent. Marco Jansen bowled the last over, the result of the match was decided after his first 4 balls. Only two runs came on the first 2 balls, while on the next 2 balls he dismissed dhruv Jurel and Wanindu Hasranga. rajasthan did not get any benefit from the two fours on the last 2 balls.
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