RR vs PBKS IPL 2024: Royals' Yuzvendra Chahal's name will be written in history books if he...
ALSO READ: T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Mayank Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal likely names | List of other probable players Apart from Chahal, Royals' another young player Riyan Parag is also making the headlines as he has become the second highest run scorer in the IPL 2024. He has scored 261 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 158.18 and his highest is 84 not out.
Following his footsteps, is Royals' skipper Sanju Samson, who scored 246 runs and is at the fourth number in the orange cap list. In this IPL tournament, Royals are at the top of the teams list and have won maximum numbers of games – four out of 5 played.
Their net run rate also stands at +0.871. In the previous fixture against Gujarat Titans, Royals got defeated by three wickets despite half-centuries from Parag and Samson.
In that match, Parag smashed 76 runs off 48 balls and Samson slammed 68 off 38 deliveries. Its bowlers, Kuldeep Sen and Y Chahal picked up 3 and 2 wickets respectively.
Looking at Punjab Kings, the team has won 2 out of 5 matches played and have NRR of -0.196. They are at eighth spot in the IPL points table, just above Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.Milestone Alert!
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