RR vs PBKS: In the 16th season of IPL, the winning streak of the Punjab Kings team continued in the second match as well when they won the match against Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs. In this match, the Rajasthan team got a target of 198 runs, after which they could only manage to reach the score of 192 at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, Nathan Ellis took maximum 4 wickets in the bowling for Punjab Kings (PBKS).
The Rajasthan team lost this match due to the loss of wickets at frequent intervals.
Chasing a target of 198 runs in this match, Ravichandran Ashwin was sent to the field along with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the opening for Rajasthan Royals. Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a six on the first ball of his innings, but after that, after playing 11 runs in 8 balls, he gave his wicket to Arshdeep. After this, Jos Buttler, who came out to bat, started moving the score along with Ashwin.
The Rajasthan team got the second blow on the score of 26 in the form of Ashwin, who returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, there was a partnership of 31 runs in 14 balls for the third wicket between Butler and Samson. Rajasthan got the third big blow on the score of 57 in the form of Jos Buttler, who became the victim of Nathan Ellis on the personal score of 19.
From here, captain Sanju Samson along with Devdutt Padikal took the score forward, in which a 34-run partnership was seen between the two for the fourth wicket. Samson returned to the pavilion after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs in 25 balls. The Rajasthan team had lost its 6 important wickets till the score of 124.
Shimron Hetmyer tried to score fast runs to win the team in this match, but he also returned to the pavilion after playing a quick inning of 35 runs in 18 balls and the Rajasthan team had to face defeat in this match by 5 runs. . In this match, Nathan Ellis took 4 wickets while Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for Punjab.
Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran’s innings took Punjab to a big score
Talking about the innings of the Punjab Kings team in this match, the pair of captain Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh played a very important role with the bat. In which there was a partnership of 90 runs for the first wicket between the two. Prabhsimran Singh managed to score 60 runs in 34 balls in this match.
While batting till the last in this match, captain Shikhar Dhawan was able to play an excellent inning of 86 runs in 56 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. The Punjab team was able to score 197 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Jason Holder 2 in the match for Rajasthan while Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal were able to take 1-1 wickets.
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