Punjab’s Pulinda Dam remains in race for Rajasthan Power Play

Hospice (Best Hindu News): Thanks to the fearless batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal (50), Devdutt Padikkal (51) and Simran Hetmyer (46), Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab by four wickets in the IPL match played here on Friday. I have earned success in keeping myself alive.

Despite the victory in this match, Rajasthan will now have to wait for the defeat of Mumbai Indians and Royal Super Challengers by big margins. In this match full of ups and downs on the beautiful ground of Dharamshala, with the help of excellent batting by Sam Curran (49 not out), Jitesh Sharma (44) and Shahrukh Khan (41 not out), Punjab Kings scored 187 runs for five wickets in the first play, which In reply, Rajasthan achieved the winning target by losing six wickets with two balls to spare.

After taking the wicket of Jos Buttler (0), Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal shared a 73-run partnership to lay the foundation for Rajasthan’s victory, while Simran Hetmyer later combined with Ryan Parag (20) to seal the victory. has contributed. After the fall of Hetmyer’s wicket in the 19th over, the match was once again level but Dhruv Jurel (10) hit the winning six off Deepak Chahar’s bowling to end Punjab’s hopes.

Hetmyer played brilliantly today and hit four fours and three sixes in his innings of 28 runs. He was adjudged caught out off Sam Curran but he used DRS which showed the ball away from his bat. After this, he was caught on the ball of Kuren, but in the meantime he had managed to score a useful run for the win.

Earlier, the Punjab Kings team was in a state of struggle after losing the first four wickets for just 50 runs, but San Curran first added 64 runs for the fifth wicket with wicket-keeper batsman Jitesh, while later he increased the pace of runs with all-rounder Shahrukh. Accelerated and played a useful unbeaten partnership of 73 runs.

To stay in the playoff race, Rajasthan will have to score 188 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. If Punjab is successful in saving this score, then its chances of staying in the playoff race will remain intact.

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson’s decision to put Punjab into bat after winning the toss proved to be correct when Navdeep Saini (3/40), Trent Boult (1/35) and Adam Zampa (1/26) proved their mettle. Uprooted four wickets one after the other during the play. At this time, the match was completely in the hands of Rajasthan, but at one end, Sam Curran started leading the innings with new batsman Jitesh and both the batsmen started collecting runs by hitting the loose balls of Rajasthan bowlers. Meanwhile, in the 14th over of the innings, Saini became the third victim but before getting out, he brought his team back to the match by hitting three fours and three sixes in just 28 balls.

After the dismissal of Jitesh, young Shahrukh also made the Rajasthan bowlers sweat. He added 41 runs in an unbeaten innings of 23 balls, which included four fours and two sixes, giving full support to Kuran. On the other side, just one run short of the half-century, Curren also returned unbeaten. He spent 72 minutes at the crease which helped Punjab post a challenging target.