Dhruv Jurel's final over six clinched the victory for Rajasthan Royals and ended Punjab Kings' hopes of sealing their place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
Dhruv Jurel's final over six clinched the victory for Rajasthan Royals and ended Punjab Kings' hopes of sealing their place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. PBKS's IPL 2023 campaign is over. They end in the eighth
With this win, RR is in the fifth spot in the points table with seven wins and seven losses. They have a total of 14 points. They can still climb up to the top four spot if Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lose their last match against Gujarat Titans by a huge margin and Mumbai Indians lose
Padikkal has had a solid IPL 2023. In 11 matches, he has scored 261 runs at an average of 26.10. He has scored two half-centuries this season, with the best score of 52.
With this loss, CSK has slipped to third position, they have five wins and three losses, with a total of 10 points. RR is back being table-toppers with the same win-loss record thanks to their superior net-run-rate
Though Virat was dismissed for a golden duck in the match, he made up a bit for it with his electric presence on the field. He took two catches in the match to dismiss young top-order batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal, who were threatening to take the match away from RCB during a
Chennai Super Kings bowlers restricted Rajasthan Royals to 175/8 after leaking runs in the first 10 overs of the game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday
PBKS rode on skipper Shikhar Dhawan (86 runs; 56b, 9x4, 3x6) and his opening partner Prabhsimran Singh's (60 runs; 34b, 7x4, 3x6 brilliant 90-run stand, and a magnificent spell from paceman Nathan Ellis (4/30) to beat RR by a narrow five-run margin.