Punjab 11th win over Rajasthan in IPL: Thrilling match won by 5 runs

Punjab 11th win over Rajasthan in IPL: Thrilling match won by 5 runs

Punjab Kings registered their 11th win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. The team won by 5 runs. This is Punjab's second consecutive win in the current season. The team defeated KKR by 7 runs in the first match with the DLS method.

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl at the Guwahati ground. Batting first, Punjab scored 197 runs in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 198 runs, the Rajasthan team could only manage 192 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. punjab rajasthan match scorecard.

Punjab won by Dhawan-Prabhsimran partnership and Ellis bowling

Punjab openers gave the team a great start. Captain Dhawan and Prabhsimran added 90 runs for the first wicket. Then Dhawan scored 66 off 33 balls with Jitesh Sharma. Not only this, in the end, a 37-run partnership with Shahrukh Khan brought the team's score close to 200. In this innings, the Rajasthan bowlers failed to take wickets.

Rajasthan lost 3 wickets in power play

Chasing a target of 198 runs, Rajasthan lost three wickets for 57 runs in the power play. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin returned to the pavilion. Captain Sanju Samson made a change in the opening pair. He sent Ravichandran Ashwin as an opener in place of Butler, although Arshdeep gave the first blow to the team by dismissing Jaiswal. Butler, who came to play after that, also got out early. They could not take advantage of life donation. Brar dropped his catch on the ball of Sam Karen.

Both teams went down unchanged

Both the teams playing their second match of the current season are going in unchanged as both have won their first matches. Rajasthan defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs, while Punjab's team won against Kolkata by 7 runs under the DLS method.