It was a treat for the fans, as we witness for amazing batting performance by both the teams in the empty stadium of Abu Dhabi. Kings XI Punjab started with explosive batting and that includes the storm of Gayle who smashed 99 runs in the innings and missed his century in the tournament which was disappointing stuff of the match. Ben Stokes also performed a thrilling innings of Rajasthan Royals and laid the solid foundation for the team. Rajasthan Royals were capable to beat Kings XI Punjab and also end the winning streak of the team which is led by KL Rahul. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals.
The captain of Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first and Archer provided a dream start for the team as he removed Mandeep Singh for Golden Duck and that was a shock for the team of Kings XI Punjab. But the captain and the most consistent player of the Punjab batting lineup KL Rahul continued his form along with Chris Gayle who came into the middle of Abu Dhabi and played amazing shots across the ground.
Chris Gayle also become the first batsman of T20 to complete the thousand sixes in the career and he smashed 99 runs in the innings and missed his wonderful century which was a disappointing element. KL Rahul also missed half century but the team was capable to present a big 185 runs on the board after 20 overs.
In the reply, Rajasthan Royals started in a great way as the English all rounder Ben Stokes provided an explosive start for the team. Stokes completed his yet another half century of the tournament inside the power play and he was dismissed after adding 50 runs in his account from just 26 deliveries.
But the dismissal was not before laying down a solid foundation for the team after the dismissal of Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson came out in the middle and played his natural game, he scored 48 but the run out made the way to the pavilion for the Wicket Keeping batsman.
Steve Smith and Jos Butler finished the game in a style and registered a thrilling victory over Kings XI Punjab. With this victory, Rajasthan Royals end the winning streak of Kings XI Punjab and also kept their hope alive for the playoff of the IPL tournament.
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