In the IPL 2025 match PBKS vs RR, Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 50 runs at their home ground Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium with their brilliant performance. In this match, Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored a huge score of 205 runs, on the other hand, Punjab team managed to reach only 155 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Rajasthan’s top young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal played an explosive half-century innings of 67 runs, while Riyan Parag also supported him and played a strong innings of 43 runs. On the other hand, Nehal Vadhera could perform well for Punjab Kings, but captain Shreyas Iyer could not set his rhythm in this match.
Punjab Kings’ top order collapsed in front of Jofra Archer’s tremendous bowling
Punjab Kings got a big score of 206 runs in this match. While chasing the target, the top order of the Punjab team collapsed completely. On the very first ball of the innings, Jofra Archer bowled Priyansh Arya clean. Shreyas Iyer batted explosively as soon as he came, but on the last ball of the first over of the match, Archer clean bowled Iyer as well. This left the fans of Punjab Kings silent.
Punjab King’s batsman struggled due to the strong bowlers of Rajasthan Royals
After this, the problems of the Punjab Kings team increased further when their top batsman Prabhsimran Singh was out after scoring 17 runs. On the other hand, Punjab Kings were expecting a big innings from Marcus Stoinis, where this star Australian all-rounder was also out after scoring just 1 run. The condition of Punjab Kings was so bad that by the score of 43, they had lost 4 wickets.
The match was halted, in this situation Nehal Vadhera and Glenn Maxwell raised the hopes of victory for Punjab Kings by making a sensible partnership of 78 runs, but within two balls both the batsmen lost their wickets. Wadhera was dismissed after scoring 62 runs, on the other hand Maxwell could add 30 runs for his team.
Punjab Kings missed out on a hat-trick of wins in the PBKS vs RR match
In this IPL 2025, Punjab Kings had won both their opening matches so far. In the first match, they defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs, while in the next match they defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets. By defeating Rajasthan Royals in this match, the team of Punjab Kings could have scored a hat-trick of wins, but in the end, a big defeat of 50 runs was written in their fate. At the same time, this was Rajasthan Royals’ second consecutive win this season.
