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RR 209/7 (Over 20): Punjab Kings win by 10 runs and have inched closer to their playoffs berth.
RR 198/5 (Over 19): 22 needed off the final over. Jansen is going to bowl. The onus is completely on Dubey.
RR 190/5 (Over 18): 30 from the last 2 overs. Arshdeep to bowl the 19th over.
RR 181/4 (Over 17.2): Another chase that Shimron Hetmyer has failed to close out this season. He holes out in the deep while attempting the big shot.
RR 143/3 (Over 13): Strategic Timeout! RR is back to 11 runs per over after a flier by Jaiswal and Suryavanshi.
RR 114/3 (Over 10.2): Azmatullah Omarzai strikes with his second ball. Samson departs after scoring 20 off 16.
RR 109/2 (Over 8.4): Fifty and Jaiswal is out! Brar has accounted for both the southpaws.
RR 89/1 (Over 6): Strategic timeout! An eventful powerplay comes to an end, seeing 14 fours, 5 sixes and 1 wicket. Thanks to the Jaiswal-Vaibhav carnage, RR's asking rate is just 9.36.
RR 76/1 (Over 4.5): Much-needed breakthrough for PBKS! Vaibhav Suryavanshi stands in disbelief as Harpreet Brar strucks in his first over.
RR 51/0 (Over 2.5): 50 up for RR and its the fastest team fifty in IPL 2025! What a start from the Royals.
RR 22/0 (Over 1): 22 runs off the open over bowled by Arshdeep Singh. Notably, it is the most conceded by a PBKS bowler in the first over of an IPL innings, surpassing 20 by Glenn Maxwell vs RCB (all vs Chris Gayle) in Dubai in 2014.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi are at the crease as RR begin their run-chase. Jaiswal is on strike and Arshdeep Singh will open the attack.
Welcome back for the run-chase. Harpreet Brar is the Impact Player for PBKS with Shreyas Iyer subbed out. Shashank will be the stand-in captain.
PBKS 219/5 (Over 20): Despite losing their top three inside four overs, Punjab Kings have posted 219 on the board after opting to bat.
PBKS 211/5 (Over 19.3): A 27-ball fifty for Shashank Singh! Singh shuffles and flicks it through mid-wicket for a brace.
PBKS 193/5 (Over 18): 16 runs off the over of Kwena Maphaka. Shashank Singh gets closer to his half-century as PBKS eyes 200-run mark.
PBKS 159/5 (Over 15.6): Nehal Wadhera departs after scoring 70 off 37 as Shimron Hetmyer takes a low catch to break the 58-run stand with Shashank Singh.
PBKS 126/4 (Over 12.3): 50 up for Nehal Wadhera!
PBKS 101/4 (Over 10.3): Riyan Parag breaks the partnership! Shreyas Iyer miscues it towards long-off and the ball gets into the safe hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal.
PBKS 88/3 (Over 9): Strategic timeout! After losing three wickets within the powerplay, Punjab Kings were in search of a partnership and Nehal Wadhera and Shreyas Iyer have steadied the ship.
PBKS 58/3 (Over 6): Only second time RR has got three wicket inside the powerplay in IPL 2025 after earlier being in Mullanpur in the reverse fixture. Shreyas Iyer (13 off 11) and Nehal Wadhera (11 off 6) help PMKS cross the 50-run mark.
PBKS 34/2 (Over 3.1): Tushar Deshpande gets another! Strangles Prabhsimran Singh down the leg-side and the batter departs after a 10-ball 21.
PBKS 34/2 (Over 2.6): Kwena Maphaka strikes in his first over! Mitchell Owen departs for a duck, courtesy comfortable catch by Sanju Samson.
PBKS 19/1 (Over 1.5): Royals get their first wicket! Shimron myer grabs a low catch off Tushar Deshpande's over to dismiss Priyansh Arya.
PBKS 11/0 (Over 1): Fazalhaq Farooqi bowls a fiery over of fast bowling, generates extra pace and bounce, but his radar wasn't completely right as he concedes 11.
Toss: Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer wins the toss and decides to bat first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in the match 59th of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
