Rajasthan’s excellent bowling handed Punjab its first defeat | राजस्थान की बेहतरीन बॉलिंग ने थमाई पंजाब को पहली हार: 50 रन से जीते रॉयल्स, यशस्वी की फिफ्टी; आर्चर को 3 विकेट
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Rajasthan Royals tasted the first defeat to Punjab Kings on the basis of excellent bowling. At Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, Rajasthan scored 205 runs losing 4 wickets. In response, the Punjab team could score 155 runs after losing 9 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Rajasthan got 2 wickets in the first over to defend the target of 206 runs. He bowled Priyansh Arya on the first ball and captain Shreyas Iyer on the sixth ball. His bowling pushed Punjab Kings on the backfoot. Archer finally sent Arshdeep Singh to the pavilion.
2. Hero of victory
- Sandeep Sharma: Sandeep, who came out to bowl in the powerplay, sent Marcus Stoynis to the pavilion in the first over. He then also took the wicket of Suryansh Shedge.
- Mahish Tishta: In the middle overs, the mystery spinner Texa reinforced the batter of Punjab. He also sent Glenn Maxwell and Marco Jansan to the pavilion.
- Ryan pollen: Parag, who landed on number-3, batted till the end and brought the team beyond 200. He scored 43 runs with 3 fours and 3 sixes off 25 balls.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal: After losing the toss, Rajasthan got a strong start to batting first. He put his first fifty in the season. He was dismissed for 67 runs with 3 fours and 5 sixes.
3. Fighter of the Match
Nehal Wadhera from Punjab scored 62 runs. He also partnered 88 runs for the fifth wicket with Glenn Maxwell. As long as Wadhera was on the pitch, Punjab looked close to victory. The team was shattered as soon as Wadhera was out and could not achieve the target.
4. Turning point
After chasing the target of 206 runs, Punjab lost the initial 4 wickets for 43 runs. The team was able to recover in the middle overs that the team lost 5 more wickets in scoring 131 to 151 runs. Losing wickets consecutively proved to be the biggest turning point of Punjab’s defeat.
5. Match report
The first batting was given to Royals and captain Sanju Samson got a strong start. The two together made an opening partnership of 89 runs. Samson was dismissed for 38 runs. After him, Ryan Parag scored 43 and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 67 runs to take the team to 205 runs.
Punjab started very poorly in front of the big target. The team lost 2 wickets in the first over. The team fell 2 more wickets to reach 43 runs. Nehal Wadhera and Glenn Maxwell tried to handle the innings, but the team was scattered in the run chase as soon as they were out. Mahish Toricha and Sandeep Sharma took 2-2 wickets from Rajasthan. Read match updates …
