Rajasthan Royals have defeated Punjab Kings by 3 wickets. They registered victory in the last over in a thrilling match.Punjab’s batting flopped badly in the match. This is Rajasthan’s 5th win this season.Rajasthan needed 30 runs in the last 14 balls, then the pair of Hetmyer and Rovman Powell batted aggressively and gave Rajasthan its fifth win in six matches. ‘Player of the Match’ Hetmyer hit one four and three sixes in his unbeaten innings. After restricting Punjab to 147 runs for eight wickets, Rajasthan topped the points table by scoring 152 runs for seven wickets in 19.5 overs.
Scorecard
RR 152/7(19.5)
PBKS 147/8(20)
Match report
Batting first, Punjab scored 147 runs. During this, Ashutosh Sharma scored 31 runs in 16 balls. He hit 3 sixes and one four. Livingstone scored 21 runs. Jitesh Sharma scored 29 runs in 24 balls. Atharva and Bairstow were out after scoring 15-15 runs. During this, Avesh Khan and Keshav Maharaj took 2-2 wickets for Rajasthan. Boult, Sen and Chahal got one wicket each.
Rajasthan team, which came to chase the target given by Punjab, won the match after losing 7 wickets in 19.5 overs. For that, Hetmyer scored 27 runs in 10 balls. He hit 3 sixes and one four. Riyan Parag scored 23 runs. Sanju Samson played an inning of 18 runs. Yashasvi scored 39 runs. Tanush Kotian scored 24 runs. While bowling for Punjab, Rabada and Karan took two wickets each. Arshdeep, Livingstone and Harshal took 1 wicket each.
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