Pbks vs rr: The 59th match of IPL 2025 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. In which Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyasar Iyer, defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs. Harpreet Brar of Punjab Kings was adjudged Player of the Match. Harpreet Brar bowled in 4 overs and took 3 wickets for 33 runs.
With this victory, Punjab Kings have strengthened their claim in the playoffs race. Punjab Kings are second on the point table with 17 points and +0.389 net runrate. RCB also has the same number of points which are on the top of this fact point table, but Royal Challengers Bangalore’s net runrate is better than Punjab.
Talking about the match, Punjab Kings won the toss and chose batting. Batting first, Punjab scored 219 runs at 5 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh played a half -century innings. Priyansh Arya 9, Prabhasimran Singh 21, Michel Owen 0, Nehal Vadhera 70, Shreyas Iyer scored 30 runs from Punjab Kings. Shashank Singh and Ajmattullah Omrajai scored an unbeaten 59 and 21 runs. Harpreet Brar took 3 wickets from Punjab Kings. Marco Yansen and Omrajai achieved 2–2 success.
The Rajasthan Royals started chasing the target of 220 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi shared a 76 -run partnership for the first wicket. From Rajasthan, Yashasvi Jaiswal 50, Vaibhav Suryavanshi 40, Sanju Samson 20, Ryan Parag 13, Dhruv Jurael 53, Shimron Hetmire 11, Vanindu Hasranga scored 0 runs. Shubham Dubey 7 and Quenna Mafaka remained unbeaten on 8 runs. For Rajasthan, Tushar Deshpande took 2 wickets. Quenna Mafaka, Ryan Parag and Akash Madhwal had one success each.
