Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals known for nail-biters, last-over finishes: Check 5 PBKS vs RR IPL thrillers

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IPL encounter. Rajasthan needed 12 runs in the final over. Chris Morris and Sanju faced Arshdeep Singh.

Only 2 runs came from the first 3 balls. Sanju hit the ball out of the park in the 4th ball. It followed another dot ball.

Trying to hit another over-boundary, Sanju Samson got out off the last ball. Punjab won by 4 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal (49 off 36 balls) was the highest scorer for Rajasthan.

Mahipal Lomror made 43 off 17 balls to take RR to 185/10 in 20 overs. KL Rahul (49 off 33 balls) contributed well while Mayank Agarwal (67 off 43 balls) was the highest scorer for Punjab. PBKS needed 4 runs off 6 balls to win.

Kartik Tyagi bowled the final over with Aiden Markram facing the young pacer. As Markram took a single and went to the non-striker’s end, Tyagi took 2 wickets, Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda. Then, he bowled the perfect yorker to finish the over.

Punjab, losing only 4 wickets, lost by 2 runs. Punjab batted first and scored 189/5 in 20 overs. Jonny Bairstow (56 off 40 balls) was the highest scorer while Jitesh Sharma (38 off 18 balls) also had a good time with the bat.

Rajasthan openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler had a 46-run partnership. The middle order batted well to get close to Punjab’s score. RR needed 8 runs from the final over.

Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar came to bowl. He started with a wide and got hit for a 6 by Shimron Hetmyer. Chahar did bowl a couple of dot balls to make the situation intense.

But, Rajasthan won by 6 wickets as Shimron took a single off Chahar’s full toss. Simran Singh and Shikhar Dhawan had a 90-run opening partnership for Punjab. Simran made 60 off 34 balls before getting out to Jason Holder.