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Guwahati: Rajasthan Royals, which performed brilliantly with 8 wins in the first 9 matches, have faced defeat in the last four matches. Today Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. The performance of Rajasthan Royals before the playoffs is a matter of concern for captain Sanju Samson. Batting first today, Rajasthan Royals team could score only 144 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Punjab Kings achieved the target in 18.5 overs.
Sam Curran is the hero of victory
Captain Sam Curran was the hero of Punjab Kings' victory. At one time Punjab also lost four wickets in the beginning. But Sam Curran led the team to victory by first partnering with Jitesh Sharma and then Ashutosh Sharma. Sam Curran scored unbeaten 63 runs in 41 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Punjab Kings also set out to chase a poor target
It was a bad start and he got a shock in the very first over. Prabhsimran Singh was out after scoring 6 runs. Bairstow scored 14 runs on 22 balls. Whereas Real Rosso scored 22 runs in 13 balls with the help of 5 fours. Shashank Singh was out on zero runs. Jitesh Sharma scored 22 runs and Ashutosh Sharma scored 17 not out.
Rajasthan Royals innings
Riyan Parag scored the most runs for . Parag was out after scoring 48 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours. Apart from this, Ashwin scored 28 runs in 19 balls. Apart from this, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 4 runs. Codmore and Samson contributed 18 runs each.
Dhruv Jurel was out on 0 runs. Rovman Powell scored 4 runs and Devon Ferrario scored 4 runs. Trent Boult was run out after scoring 12 runs. Sam Curran, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each for Punjab Kings. While Arshdeep Singh and Nathan Ellis got one wicket each.