Rajasthan Royals Vs Punjab Kings 8th Match 05 April 2023

8th T20 • Guwahati

PBKS

197/4 (20)

192/7 (20)

PBKS won by 5 runs

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

J Buttler

S Curran

Expert Team 2

S Samson

S Dhawan

Venue Details

Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

1st Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

122Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Jos Buttler is a consistent player and is in excellent form, without a doubt he will be the best choice for captaincy in this game.

Sam Curran is in tremendous form, he played brilliantly in the previous game, Curran scored 26 runs and picked up 1 wicket as well. Sam Curran will look to continue his sensational form in this game as well.

Trent Boult and Arshdeep Singh are the top bowlers' picks, both of them are in exceptional form and will play an important role in this game.

H2H Stats, last time when both the teams faced each other Rajasthan Royals won the game by 6 wickets.

Hot Picks: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Shikhar Dhawan, Sikandar Raza

Risky Picks: Jason Holder, Shikhar Dhawan, Bas de Leede

Stay aways: Shimron Hetmyer

GL Picks: Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jason Holder

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Rajasthan Royals

Punjab Kings

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

5- 4

PBKS

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

158

Average Score

160

191/3

Highest Score

209/9

131/8

Lowest Score

115/10

Player of the Match Nathan Ellis

4/30

PBKS

Info

Punjab Kings

197/4 (20)

Batters

Prabhsimran Singh

176.47

c Buttler b Holder

Shikhar Dhawan

(C)

153.57

Not out

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

100.00

Retired hurt

Jitesh Sharma

168.75

c Parag b Chahal

Sikandar Raza

50.00

b Ashwin

Shahrukh Khan

110.00

c Buttler b Holder

Sam Curran

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.85)

197/4

Did not Bat

Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan

Bowlers

EXT

Trent Boult

9.50

KM Asif

13.50

Ravichandran Ashwin

6.25

Jason Holder

7.25

Yuzvendra Chahal

12.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Prabhsimran Singh

c Buttler b Holder

1-90

9.4

Jitesh Sharma

c Parag b Chahal

2-158

15.4

Sikandar Raza

b Ashwin

3-159

16.1

Shahrukh Khan

c Buttler b Holder

4-196

19.4

Rajasthan Royals

192/7 (20)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

137.50

c (sub Short) b Singh

Ravichandran Ashwin

0.00

c Dhawan b Singh

Jos Buttler

172.73

c & b Ellis

Sanju Samson

(C)

168.00

c (sub Short) b Ellis

Devdutt Padikkal

80.77

b Ellis

Riyan Parag

166.67

c Khan b Ellis

Shimron Hetmyer

200.00

runout (Curran / Khan)

Dhruv Jurel

213.33

Not out

Jason Holder

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.6)

192/7

Did not Bat

KM Asif, Trent Boult

Bowlers

EXT

11.00

11.75

7.50

7.50

7.75

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c (sub Short) b Singh

1-13

1.3

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Dhawan b Singh

2-26

3.2

Jos Buttler

c & b Ellis

3-57

5.4

Sanju Samson

c (sub Short) b Ellis

4-91

10.6

Riyan Parag

c Khan b Ellis

5-121

14.1

Devdutt Padikkal

b Ellis

6-124

14.6

Shimron Hetmyer

runout (Curran / Khan)

7-186

19.3

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

8th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), Rohan Pandit (India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty (India)

Weather

Clear sky with no chance of rain

Toss

Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl

6 1 1 1 6 1

Over 17

Runs: 16

1 6 4 1 1 6

Over 18

Runs: 19

0 1wd 4 6 4 1 2

Over 19

Runs: 18

1 2 1W 1b 1 4

Over 20

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Nathan Ellis

4/30

Analysis

Commentary

Right then, the Kings and the Royals playing out another edge-of-the-seat thriller! They have certainly emerged to be one of the fiercest rivals in this tournament! A game full of twists and turns, along with plenty of exciting moments! Well then, that's all from our side. We hope you enjoyed the coverage! Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for all the latest news and live coverage of games from around the globe. Join us back tomorrow for another potentially enthralling contest as the Knight Riders look to get one over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. Until then, this is the duo of Maanas Upadhyay and Pratyush Rohra, bidding you adieu! Good night!

Nathan Ellis (Player of the Match): It's one of those days. There are other guys who deserve the awards but stoked to win this one. For me, it's ball by ball. Each ball is a moment. It's more about a ball at a time. T20 cricket has gotten to a point where every ball, every moment counts. When I was bowling in the back-end, I was focusing on getting the ball dry and for me to get my execution right. I was trying to calculate the best ball for me to bowl. For me, it was the cross seam ball and it worked out for me tonight.

Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings captain): Yes absolutely there were some nervous moments. I was keeping my calm and focusing on the best we could do at the moment. There was a lot of dew. I was happy with the score I put up. They bowled very good yorkers and I was very happy we got 180-something. (Best moment in the game) My switch-hits (laughs). We scoring 197 and the bowlers coming in. There were some moments where the game was going out of our hands but the bowlers brought it back. It was a team effort. These two matches, we have gotten a great start. Prabh is playing great and I'm doing my best to increase my strike rate. We have a deep batting line-up and we can keep scoring. The other team has come to play so you need to respect them. They will definitely bowl some good overs too. But you need to keep the intent and aggression going.

Time for the Post Match Presentation!

Sam Curran (Punjab Kings): When it comes to those situations, you have to back yourself. If you plan to go for the yorker, you go for it. Those are the moments you practice for. With the new rule and the batters coming in, you've got to keep doing that. (Chat with the umpire) I thought it was strange when they changed the ball in the first innings. I don't know how that works. They got to change the ball but we didn't. I'm sorry for slowing the play down with the towel bit, but that's what happened. (Prabhsimran) He's been amazing. I was actually with him at Punjab four years ago. The way he is playing alongside Shikhar is amazing. It's a great start to the campaign for him and hopefully, it goes on. I was happy to sit in the dugout, the boys were batting beautifully. All that matters is that we won and that's what we came to do. It's amazingly hard (bowling with the new ball). You try in training to dip balls in water and train with them. It's incredibly hard to hold the seam. It's hard to bowl the yorker cross-seam too. There's no complaining. If the batter keeps getting better, the bowlers have to do the same.

Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals captain): It was a really good track to ba ton, especially in the powerplay. They had a really good powerplay, and that gave them momentum. It is a high-scoring venue here but we did reasonably well to pull them back. (Ashwin opening) Jos was having a stitch on his finger. We knew they had a left-arm spinner and a leg-spinner in the middle, so we wanted a left-hander in the middle order instead of Padikkal opening. (Jurel) He's been with us in the last two seasons. Lots of work has gone behind him. These guys put in lots of work, 5-6 weeks of camp, coming over to the academy and practicing for thousands of balls. (Venue) Was expecting dew to come in the second half but it was there throughout. Normally, we should have high scoring games here and we'll be prepared for the same.

Punjab Kings 197/4 (20) beat Rajasthan Royals 192/7 (20) by 5 runs

Shikhar Dhawan 86*(56) | Jason Holder 4-0-29-2
Sanju Samson 42(25) | Nathan Ellis 4-0-30-4

Whew! We've been treated to another humdinger of a contest and it is the Punjab Kings that prevail by a small margin of just 5 runs! Chasing what could be considered as a par target on this track with the dew coming into play, the Royals did not get off to the best of starts, losing a couple of wickets in the power play itself.

Sanju Samson played a stupendous knock which was cut short while Jos Buttler's unlucky dismissal meant that the Royals were in a spot of bother. However, it was their middle order that stepped up when the team needed them the most. Riyan Parag played a blinder at home while Shimron Hetmyer gave the Royals fans hope. Dhruv Jurel was bought in as an impact player and he certainly left his mark in the game.

It was perhaps Padikkal's slow knock that put the Royals in this position. Even if Padikkal had played a run-a-ball innings, the Royals would have won this match! It just was not meant to be for them in the end as the Punjab Kings held their nerve. Nathan Ellis stole the show with the ball in hand, snaring a four-wicket haul while Arshdeep returned with two wickets as well!

For the first time since 2021, the Kings have managed to win two games on the trot! How important will that be for their confidence? All-in-all, the Kings will certainly be pleased with their showing tonight and move upwards in the points table with two wins to their name now. The Royals will be disappointed with the fact that they failed to win a home game but will have plenty of time to recoup and re-strategise ahead of their next.

overs

192 /7 score

runs

Dhruv Jurel *

32 (15)

Jason Holder

1 (1)

Sam Curran

1 /44

19.6 Sam Curran to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Punjab Kings hold their nerve to win by 5 runs! On the good length at the leg-stump line, Jurel shuffled across and worked it past short fine leg to finish proceedings. Valiant knock from the youngster, who has certainly made an impression.

19.5 Sam Curran to Jason Holder, that should do it for PBKS! Full in the channel outside off and Holder only shuffled across to bunt it down to long-off. Superb from Curran. Can he close it out now?