Rr vs pbks: The 18th match of IPL 2025 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. In which Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs. On behalf of Rajasthan Royals, Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant half -century innings of 67 runs and Jofra Archer took 3 wickets.
Rajasthan won the second consecutive win in the season to defeat Punjab Kings, while on the other hand, this was the first defeat of Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer. Talk about the point table, Punjab is the fourth number with 4 points and Rajasthan Royals is at seventh position with 4 digits and -0.18 net runrate.
After losing the toss, Rajasthan Royals came out to bat first by captain Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal scored the first fifties of IPL 2025 and was dismissed by playing an innings of 67 runs. Captain Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs. Ryan Parag remained unbeaten after scoring 43 runs and Dhruv Jurael 13 runs. Nitish Rana 12, Hetmyer was dismissed for 20 runs. For Punjab Kings, Locky Ferguson took 2 and Arshdeep Singh, Marco Yansen took 1-1 wickets.
Punjab Kings started to chase the target of 206 runs. Punjab’s young opener Priyansh Arya and captain Shreyas Iyer became a victim of Jofra Archer in the first over. For Punjab, Glenn Maxwell Nehal Wadera tried to handle the innings and also played a stormy innings. Nehal Wadera scored 62 runs off 41 balls, during which he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, Glenn Maxwell scored 30 runs off 21 balls in which he hit 3 fours and 1 six.
Priyansh Arya from Punjab Kings, Prabhasimran Singh 17, Shreyas Iyer 10, Marcus Stoinis 1, Nehal Wadera 62, Glenn Maxwell 30, Suryansh Shedge 2, Marco Yansen 3, Arshdeep Singh 1 and Shashank Singh 10, Lockey Ferguse 4 were unbeaten. Punjab Kings scored 155 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 220 overs and lost the match by 50 runs. With this, it was the first defeat of the Punjab Kings.
