The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was witness to a different shut match on Saturday as Rajasthan Royals trumped Punjab Kings within the final over of a low-scoring thriller. After Punjsb Kings scored jus 147/8 in 20 overs, it appeared that the duty can be simple. However, the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh bowled their hearts out because the match went until the final over. RR gained with 1 ball left. With the beneficial consequence vs Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals consolidated their place on prime of the factors desk.

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They have 5 wins in six video games. They are adopted by Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Punjab Kings are presently positioned eighth within the 10-team desk with two wins in six matches.

Currently, Royal Challengers Bengaluru is the Orange Cap holder with 319 runs in six video games. Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvendra Chahal  within the Purple Cap holder with 11 wickets in six video games.

Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by three wickets of their IPL match on Saturday.

Asked to bat first, Punjab Kings, who performed with out their injured skipper Shikhar Dhawan, did not get any momentum of their innings with lower-order batter Ashutosh Sharma (31), Jitesh Sharma (29) and Liam Livingstone (21) managing to take the staff near the 150-mark.

In reply, RR huffed and puffed their option to the victory goal of 148 with a ball to spare, because of Shimron Hetmyer‘s 10-ball 27 after Yashasvi Jaiswal (39), Tanush Kotian (24), Riyan Parag (23) frittered away begins.

Kagiso Rabada (2/18) was the very best bowler for Punjab together with his two wickets.

For RR, Keshav Maharaj (2/23) and Avesh Khan (2/34) picked up two wickets every, whereas Trent Boult (1/22), Kuldeep Sen (1/35) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/31) bagged one every.

Brief Scores: PBKS: 147 for 8 in 20 overs (Ashutosh Sharma 31; Keshav Maharaj 2/23).

RR: 152 for 7 in 19.5 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 39; Shimron Hetmyer 27; Kagiso Rabada 2/18).

With PTI inputs