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Follow highlights from match 27 of TATA IPL 2024 between PBKS and RR here.
Updated : Apr 13, 2024, 11:14 PM IST
The 27th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 will showcase a thrilling encounter between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday, April 13.
Punjab Kings have had a commendable campaign thus far, securing victories in two out of their five matches. Despite a narrow loss in their previous game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the hosts are determined to bounce back stronger and improve their standing in the points table.
Conversely, Rajasthan Royals have enjoyed a successful run in the tournament, emerging victorious in four out of their five matches. Although they faced a setback in their last game against Gujarat Titans, the team is eager to return to their winning ways and maintain their position at the top of the points table.
Hetmyer faces Harshal Patel, taking a single to covers. Jurel is out caught at deep mid wicket, scoring 6 off 11 balls.
Rovman Powell comes in, getting two runs with a square drive. Hetmyer hits a four with a slog and follows it with a six over fine leg.
Brar to Riyan. He nudges the second ball to deep mid wicket for a single. Samson punches off his back foot through covers for another single. Another clip for Riyan through the on side; one run. Samson drives to deep cover for the fourth run of the over. A single for Riyan to finish.
Brar bowls, and Jaiswal takes a single off the first ball. Samson gets a single next. Jaiswal hits a double through backward point. The batsmen take a risky double, successfully. Samson takes a single, then another single through point.
Kotian hits Rabada's first ball for a boundary over mid-on. The next ball is a dot, followed by a single to Jaiswal. Rabada bowls around the wicket, nearly getting Jaiswal's edge. Jaiswal takes a quick double with a cut behind point. The over ends with a dot ball.
Arshdeep's first ball is driven for a four by Jaiswal. Jaiswal then takes a quick double and a single. Kotian finds a gap for a single, followed by another single. Kotian hits a four with a pull shot over mid-on off a short ball.
Curran bowls two dot balls to Kotian. Kotian then chips the ball for a quick single, keeping Jaiswal on strike. Curran bowls two more dot balls, followed by a single off the last ball. The over yields just two runs for the Kings.
Arshdeep opens the bowling for Kings to Jaiwal and Kotian’s opening pair. Three runs to get off the mark for Jaiswal. Kotian gets on strike for his IPL debut! A dot and a wide follows. Kotian defends the next two deliveries as Arshdeep is bowling around the wicket. FOUR!!!! A bit short and wide next as Kotian cuts it through behind point for a boundary! A single to end the over.
Kuldeep to Jitesh, SIX! Too full from the bowler and Jitesh tonks this down the ground. FOUR! After a couple of swings and misses, Livingstone connects one of his slogs, gets it through mid wicket. SIX! MASSIVE! Livingstone reads the short ball and pulls it over square leg.
Maharaj bowls. Curran takes a single and then gets out caught near the boundary. Shashank comes in and scores a single. Maharaj appeals for lbw against Jitesh, but the review shows the impact was outside off, and the umpire's decision stands.
Maharaj comes in for his first over. Curran gets on his back foot and slices it through the covers for a single. A dot and a single follows. Currans pulls it towards forward-square leg but finds a fielder, just a single. Bairstow slices it through point and gets a double. OUT!!!!! Bairstow caught by Hetmyer in the covers as he hits it too soft.
Avesh Khan comes into the attack and begins with two dot balls. Bairstow gets a single off a short delivery. Taide attempts a big shot but skies it, and Kuldeep Sen at slip takes a simple catch for the wicket.
Prabhsimran Singh is the new batsman. He starts with a dot ball and then takes a single to end the over. The over yields just two runs and a wicket.
Sen bowls to Taide. Taide hits two fours through the covers, showing good form. He flicks one to square leg for a double and then takes a single. Bairstow cuts the next ball to backward point for a single. Taide ends the over with another single.
Boult starts the bowling for RR. Taide plays his first ball in IPL 2024, which is a wide. He flicks the next ball to the on-side but it goes straight to a fielder, resulting in no run. Taide gets off the mark by pushing the ball towards mid-wicket. The next ball is short and Taide can't score off it. He takes a quick single off the following ball.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada
Rajasthan Royals win the toss, opt to bowl.
Sanju Samson - We'll bowl first, it looks like a decent wicket to bowl first. We've made a target to not think about the goal, focus on the process, work on building the team and we're doing well. A lot of challenges outside as well, we've many players missing from tonight's game. 90% of the game was good - Jos isn't 100%, Ash bhai is having a niggle, so Rovman and Kotian come into the XI.
Sam Curran - Shikhar picked up a niggle, that's why I'm here. We would have bowled first as well, but we'll now have to put the runs on the board. The balance has been good, we'd have liked to win a few more games, but the middle-order looks good, especially Shashank and Ashutosh. We've got exciting players and plenty of quality. We've Taide coming in for Shikhar tonight.
Punjab Kings & Rajasthan Royals have played a total of 26, where Punjab Kings has won 11 matches & lost 15 matches, where no matches were tied.Thus, with a 42 winning percentage, Punjab Kings will enter as favourites into the match.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger, Abid Mushtaq, Sandeep Sharma, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh