Punjab Kings are locking horns with Rajasthan Royals in the 66th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The game is being held at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first. The 2022 runners-up chipped in with disciplinary bowling performances before they went on to mess up the plot completely at the fag end of the overs.
Punjab Kings largely benefitted from the services of both Shahrukh Khan and Sam Curran. The duo scored runs at the rate of knots when it mattered the most.
Punjab Kings scored 46 runs in the last 2 overs against Rajasthan Royals
The Mohali-based franchise might not have started their innings properly but they ensured to finish off properly. Sam Curran who struggled to dictate the terms this season eventually managed to break the shackles to score a decent knock.
He top-scored for Punjab Kings with an unbeaten 49 off 31 balls including 4 fours and 2 sixes. The wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma scored 44 off 28 balls including 3 fours and 3 sixes.
On the other hand, Shahrukh Khan scored 41 off 23 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes to his name at a strike rate of 178.26. In the end, Punjab Kings ended up at 187 for the loss of five wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Shahrukh Khan and Sam Curran ensured to score as many runs for the team in the last two overs. Punjab Kings scored 46 runs in the last two overs against Rajasthan Royals.
Punjab Kings’ playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals’ playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Unreal choke from RR again 🥲
— Ruthwik Rao (@rao_ruthwik) May 19, 2023
Boys everything going according to the experts team.
All we need is PBKS to win Or RR chase after 18.3 balls. pic.twitter.com/XejumIVoaM— CMA Monesh (@Cmamonesh) May 19, 2023
What a useful knock in a useless match… Every year's story for these guys.
— Thia🐐 (@DesiLiverpoolFC) May 19, 2023
now that's actual hitting and accelerating !!
— Munni (@munnihyderabad) May 19, 2023
Stupendous, I've just watched last over lol
— MH (@SimpsonCynical) May 19, 2023
First gear to straight 5th gear 😂😂
— Human Being (@lovepriit) May 19, 2023
46 runs in the last 2 overs 🔥
— KiRAN (@Duggavati_kiran) May 19, 2023
