Johnny Bearstore’s half-century, as well as two stormy innings by Jitesh Sharma and Liam Livingstone helped the Punjab Kings build a big collection. But the Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan won the 52nd match of the 2022 IPL by 7 wickets on Saturday (May 7) at the Wenkhede Stadium in Mumbai. Punjab reached the target of 190 runs with 2 balls in hand. With this victory, the team has risen to three in the points list.Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 169 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Johnny Bairstow was instrumental in their collection. The English star played an innings of 56 runs from 40 balls. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma played an unbeaten innings of 36 off 16 balls. Sri Lankan batsman Vanuka Rajapakse bowled 27 off 17 balls. 22 runs from 14 balls came from the bat of Liam Livingstone.
Rajasthan’s victory over the run-up hill of Punjab
Yujbendra Chahal is the most successful bowler in Rajasthan. He took three wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Besides, famous Krishna and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket each
Chasing the target, Rajasthan opener Yashsbir came from the bat and scored 7 runs off 41 balls. Devdut Padikal scored 31 runs. Besides, the best batsman of this season Jos Butler scored 30 runs from 18 balls. Shimron Hetmeyer left the field after winning the match with an unbeaten 31 off 16 balls. His innings was sorted into 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Arshdeep Singh took two wickets for just 29 runs off 4 overs for Punjab. Rishi Dhawan also got a wicket for 25 runs. Despite getting wickets, Rabada gave 50 runs in 4 overs after being beaten. After this loss, Punjab is at the table with 10 points in 11 matches. And Rajasthan has risen to three with 14 points in 11 matches.