RR beat PBKS Highlights – IPL 2021: Kartik Tyagi defends 4 runs in last over to help Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by 2 runs – Young Karthik Tyagi bowled superb & sensational last over to give Rajasthan Royals unexpected victory over Punjab Kings on Tuesday night. Tyagi was asked to defend 4 runs in the last over and he ended up giving just 1 run to give RR 2 run victory over stunned PBKS team.
Punjab failed to make 4 runs in the last over when they had 8 wickets in hand.
RR beat PBKS in IPL 2021: Sensational Kartik Tyagi defends 4 runs in last over to help Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by 2 runs
RR beat PBKS Highlights – IPL 2021: Chasing a challenging but getable total of 186 runs, Punjab Kings openers gave a solid start to their team with 120 runs opening stand. Punjab’s Mayank Agarwal went on to score 67 runs while captain KL Rahul scored 49 runs. Both the openers were sent back after the century partnership.
Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran then built another 50 runs partnership to help their side get closer to the target.
PBKS needed 10 off 15, 8 off 12 and finally, just 4 off the final over. And yet, they ended up losing by a couple of runs.
In the end, 4 runs were required off 6 balls but Kartik Tyagi bowled beautiful over to seal the game for Rajasthan Royals. Earlier Mustafizur Rahman bowled beautiful penultimate over and gave just 4 runs.
Karthik picked 2 wickets in the last over while Chetan Sakariya and Rahul Tewatia chipped in with one wicket each.
RR beat PBKS Highlights – IPL 2021: Jaiswal misses 50 for RR, Arshdeep Singh picks 5 wicket haul – RR sets 186 runs target for PBKS
Earlier, Riding on superb bowling performances of Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami Punjab Kings bowled out Rajasthan Royals on 185 in the first innings.
Punjab won the toss and opted to field first. But the decision seemed to have backfired as RR openers Evin Lewis and Yashsvi Jaiswal gave an explosive start to their team’s innings. Jaiswal went on to score 49 runs in 36 balls with the help of 6 boundaries and two sixes. Evin Lewis also played aggressively for his 36. English batsman Liam Livingstone was also looking impressive but could not get a big score after getting a start. Mahipal Lomror played a match-changing knock as he scored 43 runs in 17 balls with the help of four sixes and two fours. However, no other batsman could manage to give RR an explosive finish which left them reeling for 200.
RR beat PBKS Highlights – IPL 2021: For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh picked his maiden five-wicket haul. Every time when RR were on top, he was brought back into the attack and he delivered with the wickets of Evin Lewis, Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Chetan Sakariya and Kartik Tyagi. Shami also showed a glimpse of form by taking three wickets while Ishan Porel and Harpreet Brar chipped in with one wicket each. Adil Rashid who was playing his first IPL match was hammered for 35 runs in three overs.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evin Lewis | 36 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 171.43 | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 49 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 136.11 | |
| Sanju Samson (WK/C) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Liam Livingstone | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 147.06 | |
| Mahipal Lomror | 43 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 252.94 | |
| Riyan Parag | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Rahul Tewatia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Chris Morris | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Chetan Sakariya | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.67 | |
| Kartik Tyagi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 185/10 (20) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 |
| Ishan Porel | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Deepak Hooda | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 18.50 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8.00 |
| Adil Rashid | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.67 |
| Harpreet Brar | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul (WK/C) | 49 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 148.48 | |
| Mayank Agarwal | 67 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 155.81 | |
| Aiden Markram | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 130.00 | |
| Nicholas Pooran | 32 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 145.45 | |
| Deepak Hooda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Fabian Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 0, w 8, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 183/4 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | IC Porel, AU Rashid, Harpreet Brar, M Shami, Arshdeep Singh | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Chetan Sakariya | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 |
| Kartik Tyagi | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 |
| Chris Morris | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.67 |
| Mahipal Lomror | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Riyan Parag | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16.00 |
RR beat PBKS Highlights – IPL 2021:
RR beat PBKS in IPL 2021: Punjab Kings’ KL Rahul win toss, opt to field first against Rajasthan Royals – Follow Live Updates
Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul won the toss and opted to field first against Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals in the 32nd match of the IPL 2021 here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on Tuesday. Punjab Kings will want to kick start their IPL 2021 phase 2 on high with a win while Rajasthan Royals will look to settle the score from the last time they met. Three players are making their debut from the PBKS squad while Evin Lewis will be playing his first match for Rajasthan Royals.
Birthday Boy Chris Gayle was left out by Punjab Kings.
This clash sees two sides in desperate need of a victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. Both PBKS and RR are on six points, but crucially for KL Rahul’s men, they’ve played one more game than RR, so they need this win even more.
#PBKS have won the toss and they will bowl first against #RR.
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Playing XI:
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Evin Lewis, Sanju Samson(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Adil Rashid, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel
De’𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙’ants! 😍
Wish them best of luck with a ❤️ below! #SaddaPunjab #IPL2021 #PunjabKings @AidzMarkram @ishan_ip55 pic.twitter.com/squ6gMh1PH
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) September 21, 2021
𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 💥#HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #IPL2021 | #PBKSvRR pic.twitter.com/29EQyQMwmd
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 21, 2021
RR beat PBKS Highlights IPL 2021: Sensational Kartik Tyagi defends 4 runs in last over to help Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by 2 runs
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