Punjab Kings beats Rajasthan Royals by 4 runs in 4th of the IPL.
The 4th match of the Indian Premier League 2021 played yesterday between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. In which Punjab Kings beats Rajasthan Royals by 4 runs.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited Punjab Kings to bat first, Punjab Kings bated first scored 221 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Punjab Kings started well, KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone in 21 runs, Mayank Agarwal dismissed after scoring 14 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Chris Gayle came to bat, and and handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership with KL Rahul, the second wicket fell in 89 runs, Chris Gayle dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 40 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundries in just 28 balls, next batsman Deepak Hooda came to bat, and he played a brilliant century partnership of 103 runs with KL Rahul, third wicket fell in 194 runs, Deepak Hooda dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundries in just 28 balls, next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat, and he dismissed without score as fourth wicket, next batsman Shahrukh Khan came to bat, and good strike rotate with KL Rahul, the fifth wicket fell in 220 runs, KL Rahul dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 91 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 7 boundries in just 50 balls, next batsman Jhye Richardson came to bat, and he dismissed last ball of the inning without scoring as sixth wicket, and Shahrukh Khan reamins unbeaten after scoring 6 runs in 4 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings batted first after losing the toss, and scored 221 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs, and set a target of 222 runs in front of Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals bowlers, Chetan Sakariya took 3 wickets, Chris Morris took 2 wickets, and Riyan Parag got 1-1 wicket.
Rajasthan Royals chasing 222 runs in the second, they could manage just 217 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by just 4 runs. Rajasthan Royals started not very well, Ben Stokes and Manan Vohra came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly in without score, Ben Stokes dismissed without score, next batsman Sanju Samson came to bat, and handled the inning, the second wicket fell in 25 runs, Manan Vohra dismissed just for 12 runs in 8 balls, next natsman Jos Buttler came to bat, and played well with Sanju Samson, the third wicket fell in 70 runs, Jos Buttler dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 25 runs with the help of 5 boundries in just 13 balls, next batsman Shivam Dube came to bat, and played well with Sanju Samson, the fourth wicket fell in 123 runs, Shivam Dube dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 15 balls, next batsman Riyan Parag came to bat, and played brilliant half-century partnership of 52 runs with Sanju Samson, the fifth wicket fifth wicket fell in 175 runs, Riyan Parag dismissd after playing a brilliant quick inning of 25 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundry in just 11 balls, next batsman Rahul Tewatia came to bat, and good strike rotate with Sanju Samson, the sixth wicket fell in 201 runs, Rahul Tewatia dismissed just for 2 runs in 4 balls, after that Chris Morris came to bat, and he remains unbeaten after scoring 2 runs in 4 balls, and Sanju Samson dismissed last of the inning as 7th wicket after playing a brilliant cantury inning of 119 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 12 boundries in just 63 balls. In this way, Rajasthan Royals chasing 222 runs in the second, they could manage just 217 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by just 4 runs.
Punjab Kings bowlers, Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets, Mohammed Shami got 2 wickets, Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith got 1-1 wicket.
Rajasthan Royals Riders batsman Sanju Samson selected for Man of the Match, he played a brilliant century inning of 119 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 12 boundaries in just 63 balls.
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