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The 65th Match of the Indian Premier League 2024 was played yesterday between Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. In which Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets.
TOSS- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first.
Rajasthan Royals- Rajasthan Royals batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, Riyan Parag played a very brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 34 balls, Ravichandran Ashwin scored 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 19 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well, Kohler-Cadmore scored 18 runs in 23 balls, Sanju Samson 18 runs in 15 balls, Trent Boult 12 runs in 9 balls, Donovan Ferreira 7 runs in 8 balls, Rovman Powell 4 runs in 5 balls, Yashasvi Jaiswal 4 runs in 4 balls, Dhruv Jurel dismissed just in 1 ball without scoring, and Avesh Khan remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 2 balls. In this way, Rajasthan Royals scored 144 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 145 runs in front of Punjab Kings.
Punjab Kings bowlers- Rahul Chahar took 2 wickets just for 26 runs in his spell, Harshal Patel 2 wickets just for 28 runs in his spell, Sam Curran 2 wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs, Nathan Ellis 1 wicket for 24 runs in his spell, Arshdeep Singh 1 wicket for 31 runs in his spell, and Harpreet Brar was wicketless for 10 runs in 1 over.
Punjab Kings inning- Punjab Kings chasing 145 runs in the second inning chasing 145 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 5 wickets in the fifth ball of the 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets. Punjab Kings also started the inning not very well but the ending was brilliant, Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow came to start the inning, and the first wicket was dismissed just for 6 runs in the fourth ball of the inning, Prabhsimran Singh was dismissed just for 6 runs in 4 balls, next batsman Rilee Rossouw came to bat and played well with Jonny Bairstow, the second wicket was dismissed for 36 runs in 4.5 overs, Rilee Rossouw was dismissed for 22 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Shashank Singh came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just in 2 balls without scoring as third wicket in 4.5 overs, followed by Sam Curran came to bat and handled the inning, the fourth wicket was dismissed for 48 runs in last ball of the 8th over, Jonny Bairstow was dismissed for 14 runs in 22 balls, next batsman Jitesh Sharma came to bat handled to inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 53 runs with Sam Curran, the fifth wicket was dismissed for 111 runs in 15.4 overs, Jitesh Sharma was dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 20 balls, followed by Ashutosh Sharma came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Sam Curran, Sam Curran played a very brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 48 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 34 balls, and Ashutosh Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 17 runs in 11 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings chased the target very easily for losing just 5 wickets in 18.5 overs and won the match by 5 wickets.
Rajasthan Royals bowlers- Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Avesh Khan 2 wickets for 28 runs in 3.5 overs, Trent Boult 1 wicket for 27 runs in 3 overs, Sandeep Sharma was wicketless for 28 runs in his spell, and Ravichandran Ashwin was wicketless for 31 runs in his spell.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Punjab Kings all-rounder Sam Curran was selected as the player of the match, he performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, played a very brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 48 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 34 balls, and took 2 wickets just for 24 runs in 3 overs.
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