After suspending IPL 2025 due to the tensions in the border of India and Pakistan, the exciting tournament is now resumed. The season resumed in Saturday and the match was scheduled between Royal Challengers Bengaluru versus Kolkata Knight Riders. However, rain played in the game, and the match was washed out. On Sunday, there were two games, and the first match was between Punjab Kings versus Rajasthan Royals. It was a high-scoring match, but Rajasthan Royals failed to reach the target and lost the game by 10 runs. So let’s get into the article to look back to the game.
A look back to the game between Rajasthan Royals versus Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat first, and it was believed that the decision of first batting was the biggest mistake of the team in the game. As the bowling unit of Rajasthan Royals dominated. Punjab Kings lost Priyansh Arya for just 9 while Prabhsimran Singh contributed 21 and Mitchell Owen was not able to open his account.
However, the incredible performance of Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh helped team to reach a massive target. They contributed 70 and 59 respectively along with the captain Shreyas Iyer added 30 to the total. Azmatullah Omarzai also contributed 21 to the total and Punjab Kings ended the innings at 219 with the loss of 5 wickets.
In the reply, Rajasthan Royals had a brilliant start as Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 50 from 25 while Vaibhav Suryavanshi presented a firework by smashing 40 from 15. The captain of the side Sanju Samson contributed 20 while Riyan Parag contributed 13 to the total.
Dhruv Jurel presented a good performance by smashing 53 from 31. Shimron Hetmyer disappointed again as he went back after scoring 11 while Shubham Dubey contributed 7 and Kwena Maphaka added 8. However, it was not enough as Rajasthan Royals lost the game by 10 runs.
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