RR vs PBKS, IPL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Punjab Beat Rajasthan In A Thrilling Contest
RR vs PBKS Live Score: This is only the third time that Punjab have won two games in a row at the start of an IPL season.
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What a game. Hetmyer and Jurel brought it close but PBKS prevail by 5 runs. Two win in a row to begin the season for Punjab, just the third time that has happened.
Ellis gets one more and this time it's the local boy Parag who departs for 20 from 12. RR- 121/5 in 14.1 overs.
Riyan Parag and Padikkal out in the middle for Rajasthan at the moment.
Massive moment in the game. RR were going good despite those early wickets. But they lose Samson on the last ball of the 11th over. He falls to Ellis, tried to clear the fielder there but is caught at long-off. RR- 91/4 in 11 overs. Need 107 from 54 balls.
End of powerplay. RR- 57/3. Sanju Samson- 25*, Devdutt Padikkal- 0*.
WICKET! And Buttler walks back too in the sixth over. Inside edge on to his pads and it goes up in the air. Nathan Ellis takes the catch off his own bowling. Even though RR were up there with the net run rate, that wicket could change things.
RR lose two inside powerplay. Soft dismissal (11) for Jaiswal but Ashwin experiment failed as he got out for a duck. Both wickets falling to Arshdeep Singh.
Surprise Surprise! Ashwin Walks out to open the innings along with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Sam Curran with the new ball for PBKS.
END OF INNINGS. Superb Last over from Holder. He got the wicket of Shahrukh Khan and conceded just 7 runs. PBKS END THEIR INNINGS AT 197/4 after 20 overs. Dhawan the star with an unbeaten 86 off 56.
Last over and it's Jason Holder who has been handed over the responsibility from Rajasthan.
Wicket! Raza had a rather short stay in the middle. Ashwin cleans him up with a beautiful delivery. Shahrukh Khan joins Dhawan.
Wicket! Jitesh Sharma gets a wicket and it is Chahal who gets him out for 27 off 16. Sikandar Raza the new man in.
Jitesh Sharma has started off from where Prabhsimran left and Dhawan has found some impetus in his innings as he gets to his half-century.
PBKS- 140/1 after 14 overs.
Jitesh Sharma Replaces Injured Rajapaksa. Dhawan's shot hit the non-striker and Rajapaksa is walking off.
What a catch from Buttler! He had to make good distance from long off and put in a dive to get to the ball and he did that beautifully. Jason Holder gets the wicket and Prabhsimran Singh's special innings comes to an end. He made 60 off 34 balls.
PBKS- 92/1 after 10 overs.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa has joined Dhawan in the middle.
28-ball half-century for Prabhsimran Singh. What an innings from the youngster. He has got to the landmark with a couple off the Chahal, scoring 7 fours and 2 sixes in his knock so far.
END OF POWERPLAY- PBKS- 63/0.
Prabhsimran Singh- 45* (23)
Shikhar Dhawan- 14* (13)
What a start this for Punjab.
KM Asif the new-ball partner with Boult. We are into the fourth over and still no wickets for either of the bowlers. Punjab have got off to a bit of a flier here in Guwahati. They were 26/0 at the end of the 3 over mark with both batters batting on 12.
Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh open the innings for PBKS. Trent Boult with the new ball for RR.
Impact substitutes for both the teams:
Punjab Kings: Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathee
Rajasthan Royals: Dhruv Jurel, Akash Vasisht, Murugan Ashwin, Kuldip Yadav, Donavon Ferreira
No changes in the Playing XIs of both the teams from their last match. So no Rabada yet.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Sanju Samson has won the toss and Rajasthan will bowl first.
Hello and Welcome to our live coverage of the IPL 2023 match number 8 between the Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings. Team and toss news coming in just a bit. STAY TUNED!
Background
The Indian Premier League (IPL) action shifts to a brand new venue. As the competition returns to its home and away format, Rajasthan Royals have a new adopted home at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati where they will host Punjab Kings for their first home encounter.
Both the teams have already started off on a winning note with Rajasthan beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first match in an away encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium while Punjab got the better of Kolkata Knight Riders in a home fixture in Mohali as they won by 7 runs (DLS) method.
There is little to choose between the two teams but Rajasthan were clearly the more dominant team if one compares how the two sides played in their respective first matches. Their top-order came good with each of their top-three batters scoring half-centuries and with the new ball they have one of the world's best in Trent Boult who set the tone while defending.
Punjab's top-order got starts but at least one of them should have gone on to continue to bat deeper into the innings. Just one in Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored a half-century. Having said that, with contributions from middle and lower order, they did manage to post 194. But in the bowling department they would expect a better show with only Arshdeep Singh impressive in the first game. Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis and Sikandar Raza were the other wicket-takers but all of them leaked runs.
Kagiso Rabada's return will help and in a sense could bridge the seeming gap between the two teams and could make for a mouth-watering prospect as the two sides have produced some close games in the last few seasons. Rajasthan could go ahead with the same XI.
Probable Playing XIs:
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (captain/wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, M Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada
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