Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 witnessed another close match on Saturday as Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings in the last over of a low-scoring thriller. With Punjab Kings scoring just 147/8 in 20 overs, it looked like the task would be easy. However, like Kagiso Rabada, Arsdeep Singh played his heart out as the match went to the last over. RR won by 1 ball. With a favorable result against Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals consolidated their position on the points table.

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They have five wins in six matches. They are followed by Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Punjab Kings are currently eighth in the 10-team table with two wins from six matches.

Currently, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the Orange Cap holders with 319 runs from six games. Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvinder Chahal is the purple cap holder with 11 wickets in six matches.

Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by three wickets in their IPL match on Saturday.

Asked to bat first, Punjab Kings, playing without their injured captain Shikhar Dhawan, could not find any momentum in their innings and lower-order batsmen Ashutosh Sharma (31), Jitesh Sharma (29) and Liam Livingstone (21) managed it. Take the team to around 150.

In reply, RR chased down the victory target of 148 runs with one ball to spare thanks to Shimron Hetmyer’s 27 off 10 balls, followed by Yeshaswi Jaiswal (39), Tanush Kotian (24), Ryan Parag (23). .

Kagiso Rabada (2/18) was the best bowler for Punjab with his two wickets.

Keshav Maharaj (2/23) and Avish Khan (2/34) took two wickets each for RR, while Trent Boult (1/22), Kuldeep Sen (1/35) and Yuzvinder Chahal (1/31) Got a wicket. each one

Brief scores: PBKS: 147 for 8 in 20 overs (Ashutosh Sharma 31; Keshav Maharaj 2/23).

RR: 152 for 7 in 19.5 overs (Yashvi Jaiswal 39; Shimron Hetmyer 27; Kagiso Rabada 2/18).

With input from PTI