Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: RR win By 50 runs
The high-flying Punjab Kings will want to continue their strong start to the season, as they host their first home game of the year at the Mullanpur stadium. They will host a Rajasthan Royals team that reversed their own poor start with an impressive win over the Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati, with ambitions of clawing back some ground on the teams that have sprinted ahead in this fresh portion of the IPL 2025 season.
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The Royals were able to stitch together a strong all-round performance to pull off a tight win against CSK, but there remains room for improvement in their approach and performances even still. They are very dependent on the Indian core in their top five, out of whom their established Indian internationals — Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson — haven’t quite joined the party. Samson will be making a return to the field and to captaincy, after Riyan Parag filled his shoes in the first few games. There will be more expected to come from his bat, and equally so for Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has ambitions of using this tournament to crack the scheme of things in India’s white ball squads. RR’s hopes of reigniting their tournament early will likely coincide with whether one or both of these stylish players can click into gear.
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It’s a different story for this exciting young Punjab Kings team, who have had their top order in particular hit the ground running. Prabhsimran Singh has been showing why he was one of the two players the franchise chose to persist with, while Priyansh Arya has lived up to the expectations that came with the bidding war over him in the auction. Add to this the sterling vein of form captain Shreyas Iyer is in, looking like one of the strongest batters in this year’s tournament, and the depth in a batting order that can swing it until number nine, and there is plenty to like and look out for with PBKS.
RR’s key gameplan against this stacked batting order will be to get the best out of Jofra Archer. He was much-improved in their win after a very rough start to this tournament, and it is his brand of searing pace and bounce that is likeliest to trouble PBKS’ top three. If he can rush Prabhsimran or Priyansh for pace, he can test out Shreyas Iyer. While the PBKS captain handled him superbly in the recent India vs England ODI series, Jofra Archer at the peak of his powers can be nearly unplayable.
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PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Sandeep Sharma to Suryansh Shedge, out Caught by Hetmyer!!
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Hasaranga to Nehal Wadhera, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! Two in two and RR have turned this around.
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Theekshana to Maxwell, out Caught by Jaiswal!!
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: 50 for Nehal Wadhera
Hasaranga to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, 50 for Nehal Wadhera , Maxwell comes and pats him on the head and back in appreciation. He comes down the track and is not to the pitch of the ball of this tossed up delivery, yet he continues with the loft
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Consecutive Wides
Yudhvir Singh to Maxwell, wide, third wide in a row and down leg, Maxwell flicks and misses, hang on - Samson is confident that it is out
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Wadhera and Maxwell
Hasaranga to Nehal Wadhera, 1 run, another good length googly just outside off, Nehal Wadhera goes on the back foot and punches to long-on
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: SIX!
Kartikeya to Maxwell, SIX, that's Maxwell's area, tossed up outside the leg-stump, he gets forward and clears the front leg and mauls it over wide long-on, connected well
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Kartikeya to Prabhsimran, out Caught by Hasaranga!! The impact sub strikes. Tossed up full outside off, Prabhsimran shuffles across and sweeps, was the googly too, off the bottom of the bat and straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Samson runs to Kartikeya with a big smile on his face. PBKS innings in a shambles
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Highlights
Over Summary(1-5):-- Priyansh is bowled off the first ball. Iyer is bowled as well. Archer is on fire.-- Prabhsimran starts with a four.-- Archer continues to bowl with a lot of fire-- Sandeep Sharma comes into the attack and has Stoinis caught and bowled-- Wadhera is dropped by Jurel at long-on
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!!
Sandeep Sharma to Stoinis, out Caught&Bowled!! Soft dismissal. A good length delivery on off, maybe it stuck in the pitch, Stoinis is early into the punch, off the bottom of the bat and it's a simple return catch to Sandeep Sharma. Three-down and PBKS in big trouble. Preity Zinta with a concerned reaction watching on.
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: FOUR!
Jofra Archer to Stoinis, byes, FOUR, given as byes. But what pace and bounce from Jofra Archer, digs it in short and Samson has no chance, Stoinis easily got down under that, should have been wides, Samson with an outstretched right hand but it was too hot for him
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Yudhvir Singh to Stoinis, no run, full on middle, Stoinis gets forward to drive to mid-off
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Jofra Archer to Shreyas Iyer, out Bowled!!
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Jofra Archer to Priyansh Arya, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Dream start for Jofra Archer who leaps and punches the air in delight.
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: RR Finishes At 205/4
RR end with 205. Jaiswal and Samson started on a strong note. Samson fell but Jaiswal despite looking a little scratchy managed to get 67. He was looking to notch up higher gears
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Arshdeep Singh to Hetmyer, out Caught by Maxwell!! Low full toss, Hetmyer looked to slog it and cue-ends the ball down to long-on. The batter tried to slog it by getting under it but failed to clear the ropes. Just couldn't time it
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Good Running
Arshdeep Singh to Hetmyer, 2 runs, slower short ball, dragged down to deep mid for a brace. The throw came in but he made it
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: SIX
Marco Jansen to Riyan Parag, SIX, 122 kph, outside off, slower ball, Riyan Parag picks the bones out of that. Was a slower length delivery angled across and Riyan Parag slams it over long-on. That was hit with a lot of power
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Ferguson to Jaiswal, out Bowled!! The slower ball does it. Jaiswal was in the zone of hitting fours and sixes. That was a slower ball,
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: FOUR!
Stoinis to Riyan Parag, FOUR, a slower bouncer once again, Parag goes for a pull shot and gets a top edge that flies over short fine for a boundary
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: 50 for Jaiswal
Chahal to Jaiswal, FOUR, 50 for Yashasvi Jaiswal, that's one way to announce yourself onto IPL 2025. A fligthed delivery onto off, Jaiswal gets under it and slams it down the ground. Long-off is too wide and that ends up as a boundary
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: OUT!
Ferguson to Samson, out Caught by Shreyas Iyer!! when nothing else works in T20, the answer is always express pace. You can never go wrong with that, folks! 144.2 clicks, full and fast on off stump. Samson tried to get under it and chip it over the infield, but the bat turns on impact as he hits it tamely towards Shreyas Iyer at mid-off. A much needed breakthrough for PBKS.
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: RR in complete control
82* runs is the highest partnership for any wickets at this venue in six IPL games.
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: 8th over
Chahal to Jaiswal, 1 run, full onto middle stump, swept into the ground to the right of short fine
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Chahal to Samson, 1 run, floated up onto the stumps, tries to tempt his former skipper to play a big shot. Sanju doesn't take the bait as he pushes the ball down to long-on
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: FOUR!!
Maxwell to Samson, FOUR, short and wide again, asking for trouble as Samson rocks back to cut it away between point and covers for a boundary. 50 partnership up for this pair
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Consecutive boundaries
Marco Jansen to Jaiswal, SIX, six more!! A fuller delivery just outside off at a pedestrian pace. Haeaved across the line by Jaiswal and that lands over deep square for a maximum
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Arshdeep Singh to Jaiswal, no run, 134.5 clicks, good length and shapes away outside off, skids through after pitching with some nice bounce. An attempted cut shot but Jaiswal can't connect
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Sanju Samson And Yashasvi Jaiswal On Crease
Arshdeep Singh to Samson, FOUR, on a length and slightly skiddy onto the thigh pads. Whipped away to the right of deep backward square leg for the first boundary of the innings
PBKS Vs RR Live Score And Updates: Toss
Punjab Kings opt to bowl
