Rajasthan Royals record chase in the IPL 2020 was spearhead by power hitter Sanju Samson, skipper Steve Smith and Rahul Tewatia's fireworks with the willow.
Rajasthan Royals victory against Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP) was their second straight win in the ongoing season of the IPL at UAE. RR had beaten CSK by 16 run in their opening encounter at Sharjah on September 22.
Here are the major highlights of Rajasthan Royals stellar win over Kings Eleven Punjab
Sanju Samson once again led the charge with a whirlwind 85-run knock off just 42 deliveries. The strokemaker's match winnings innings was laced with 7 sixes and four boundaries
Rahul Tewatia scored a blistering 53 off 31 balls towards the latter stages of the RR innings, which proved to be the game changing knock for his team. Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith made a quick fire half ton off 27 deliveries to contribute to his team's massive total.
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Put into bat first, Punjab put off a massive total riding high on the back of a maiden IPL ton by Mayank Agarwal who scored . Agarwal scored the second fastest ton by an Indian batsman in the IPL, notching up his century in just 45 deliveries.
KXIP skipper KL Rahul once against played a handy knock opening the batting with Mayank Agarwal scoring 69 runs off 54 deliveries.
It proved to be a nightmarish evening for bowlers of both the teams as the strokemakers belted them to all corners of the park on a flat batting deck in a relatively small ground at Sharjah