Rajasthan defeat Punjab by 6 wickets

IPL 2022, PBKS vs RR Highlights: Hetmyer finishes match off with whirlwind innings.

By: Sports Desk |
Updated: May 7, 2022 8:45:00 pm

    A win will take Sanju Samson's men to 18 points and help them steer clear of any permutations or 

               combinations for a top-four finish. (File)

With the longer boundary on Hetmyer's leg side, Agarwal gives the ball to Rahul Chahar. He starts with a wide down the leg side, and was perhaps lucky that Hetmyer didn't get any bat on that. The next one is fuller on the stumps and Hetmyer nonchalantly launches it over long-on. That levels the scores.

Chahar bowls two dots but ends up serving a full toss with one needed from three balls. Hetmyer chips it towards long-on, where the fielder charges in but it lands short. A walking single takes Royals over the line.
A returning Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a sparkling half-century as Rajasthan Royals chased down 190 against Punjab Kings with two balls to spare. The win helped them consolidate their third position on the points table.
Cameos from Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson gave Royals a flying start but with Devdutt Padikkal struggling, Jaiswal almost singlehandedly steered the chase with his 68 off 41 balls. Royals needed 49 off 34 balls when he got out, and despite Padikkal dragging them down with a 32-ball 31, Shimron Hetmyer took them over the line with an unbeaten 31 off 16 balls.
Earlier, after Samson lost his tenth toss in 11 games, Punjab Kings rode on Jonny Bairstow’s half-century and Jitesh Sharma and Liam Livingstone’s fireworks to post a formidable total. It looked sufficient at the halfway stage but didn’t turn out to be.

PBKS vs RR IPL 2022 Weather Report:

For today’s match between Punjab and Rajasthan, humidity levels are expected to remain between 51-69 percent, while the temperatures will hover around the higher 30’s between 3 PM to 7 PM.

PBKS vs RR IPL 2022 Playing XI’s:

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal(c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
IPL 2022 PBKS vs RR Squads: Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh, Benny Howell, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sandeep Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Prerak Mankad, Ishan Porel, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Ansh Patel, Raj Bawa.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell.

The Rajasthan Royals (RR) were back to winning ways in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 wickets on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Yuzvendra Chahal scalped an impressive three-wicket haul before Yashasvi Jaiswal announced his comeback with a superb half-century and powered RR to a 6-wicket victory.  

Chasing 190 to win, RR scored 14 off the first over after Yashasvi Jaiswal struck two fours and a six against Sandeep Sharma. 

Jos Buttler announced his entry with a giant six followed by three fours but the RR opener was dismissed on the final delivery by Kagiso Rabada and was caught at short third man. RR skipper Sanju Samson hit three fours and RR were 67-1 after 6 overs. 

Rishi Dhawan managed to break the 39-run partnership after Samson was caught by Dhawan in the 8th over. 

RR were 95-2 at the halfway stage. Jaiswal reached his half-century after creaming two fours. 14 runs came off the 13th over as Jaiswal smacked three fours against Rishi Dhawan.

The fifty partnership was up between Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal. Arshdeep Singh put an end to the partnership by scalping the vital wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal

At the conclusion of the league stage, the top 4 teams will qualify for the playoffs

With 39 required off 24 deliveries, Hetmyer smacked two consecutive fours to bring RR closer. 16 runs came from the 18th over bowled by Rabada after Hetmyer dispatched a full-toss and Padikkal added two fours. 

Arshdeep Singh conceded only 3 runs in the penultimate over as RR required 8 off the final over. Hetmyer clubbed a six in the final over and RR chased down the total with 4 balls to spare.

Brief Scores:  Rajasthan Royals 190/4 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 68, Shimron Hetmyer 30*; Arshdeep Singh 229) beat Punjab Kings 189/5 (Jonny Bairstow 56, Jitesh Sharma 38*; Yuzvendra Chahal 3-28) by 6 wickets.