After a four-wicket win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain sanju samson Expressed disappointment with his team’s campaign and said that it is shocking where they are in the table despite having so much star power and good players. With this win, RR are fifth in the points table with seven wins and seven losses. He has a total of 14 points. They can still climb into the top four spots if Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lose their last match against Gujarat Titans by a huge margin and Mumbai Indians lose their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad as well.
PBKS’ IPL 2023 campaign is over. They finished eighth with six wins and eight losses. He has a total of 12 points.
Dhruv JurelSix final overs handed Rajasthan Royals victory and ended Punjab Kings’ hopes of sealing their place in the IPL 2023 playoffs at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
“I think at the end of the game, when Hetty (Hetmyer) was going strong we thought we would finish in 18.5 overs (RR took 18.3 overs to overtake RCB in terms of net run rate- chase). We are a quality team and it is a bit shocking to see where we stand on the table. I have been talking about (Yashasvi) Jaiswal almost every game. He has shown maturity. It seems He has played 100 T20 matches. Almost 90 per cent when we think Boult will take the wicket in the first over. We were under pressure in the last few matches,” Samson said at the post-match presentation.
After being put into bat by RR, PBKS scored 187/5 in their 20 overs. They initially struggled against the RR bowlers, losing their four wickets for just 50 runs in 6.3 overs. Then Jitesh Sharma (44 from 28 balls, three fours and three sixes) and Sam Curran They shared a 64-run partnership for the fifth wicket to bring PBKS back into the game. Then in the death overs, Curran (49* from 31 balls, four fours and two sixes) and Shah Rukh Khan (41* from 23 balls, four fours and two sixes) joined forces to raise the run rate, PBKS to a competitive total. , He collected 46 runs in the last two overs.
Navdeep Saini (3/40) Was the pick of the bowlers for RR. Trent Boult And adam zampa Took one wicket each.
RR lost in chase of 188 jos buttler Quick for a Duck, his fifth this season. Then Yashasvi Jaiswal (50 from 36 balls, with the help of eight fours) and Devdutt Padikkal (51 from 30 balls, with the help of four fours and three sixes) shared a 73-run partnership for the second wicket, which helped RR fight back. later, cameo Shimron Hetmyer (46 in 28 balls, four fours and three sixes), Riyan Parag (20 from 12 balls, with one four and two sixes) and Dhruv Jurel (10* from four balls) helped RR seal a thrilling last-over win by four wickets.
Kagiso Rabada (2/40) Was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS. Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Deepak Chahar And Arshdeep Singh took one wicket each.
Padikkal received the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his fifty.
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