18/05Result
59th Match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, May 18 2025
PBKS won by 10 runs
Player of the Match
Harpreet Brar
Harpreet BrarPunjab Kings
18/05Result
59th Match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Jaipur, May 18 2025
PBKS won by 10 runs
Player of the Match
Harpreet Brar
Harpreet BrarPunjab Kings

END OF OVER:
20 | 17 Runs | PBKS: 219/5 | RR: 10.95

  • Shashank Singh59 (30b)
  • Azmatullah Omarzai21 (9b)
  • Tushar Deshpande4-0-37-2
  • Akash Madhwal4-0-48-1

5:14pm PBKS have not sprinted but relay-raced their way to a very good total. Their openers have fired for a large part of the season. But just before the playoffs, their middle order got a test that it passed. RR struck thrice in the powerplay for the first time this season. This meant Wadhera and Iyer, in at No. 5 today, had a job at hand. They rebuilt, not at the cost of momentum. Wadhera led the charge. Iyer supported and attacked. He fell, Shashank came up and bided time while Wadhera attacked. After Wadhera's fall, Shashank sped up with Omarzai providing the boost at the death.

A lot to be desired for RR's bowling, especially at the death (17-20) where they gave away 60. Deshpande was good at nailing the wide yorkers for a large part but travelled in his last over. A task cut out for the RR batters with Samson in it. Will they be able to deny PBKS the comfort of inching closer to qualification? Find out shortly with Abhimanyu on the wheel.

Nehal Wadhera: "Early wickets fell but me and Shreyas bhai took the team past the crossing line. Shashank and Azmat finished well. Talks between me and the skipper and the coach has been clear - punish the loose balls. That's why we have been consistently scoring over 200. Preparation happens in the nets. The way they bat in the nets is like they play in the game. It is just a repetition of what we do in the nets. [Surface] It is quite hot. Surface seems good. When bowlers bowl slow, it is gripping on it. Our bowlers know about the surface, we are going to nail this."

19.6
2
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, In the air.... dropped! Suryavanshi runs back from short third, dives but fails to hang on. Shashank once again looks to play the scoop and gets across early, it was the slower length ball and he gets a top edge to it but gets away. PBKS finish with 219 for 5
19.5
4
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, FOUR, Finally gets one away. Shashank moves across early, stays still for the yorker - or the full toss if the bowler misses his mark. He gets a low full toss that he manages to scoop just wide of short fine leg
19.4
2
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, Superb effort by deep backward point. Deshpande aims full and wide outside off, Shashank gets across and opens the face of the bat as he squeezes it through backward point. Maphaka's effort in the deep keeps it down to two
19.3
2
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, Low full toss outside off, Shashank moves across and wrists it away through midwicket. Takes a couple to bring up a 27-ball fifty
19.2
0
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, no run, Nails the yorker, just inside the tramline. Shashank moves across to dig it away but doesn't make contact
19.2
1w
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 1 wide, Now goes for the wide line but misses it
19.1
6
Deshpande to Shashank Singh, SIX, In the slot, out of the park. Deshpande has been good with the yorkers, aims for it but just misses the mark. Lands it in Shashank's slot and it is despatches over long-on

Deshpande for the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | PBKS: 202/5 | RR: 10.63

  • Azmatullah Omarzai21 (9b)
  • Shashank Singh43 (24b)
  • Akash Madhwal4-0-48-1
  • Kwena Maphaka3-0-32-1
18.6
0
Madhwal to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run, Yorker just inside the wide tramline, he goes hard at it but is beaten on the under-edge, 138.9kph. Nine off the over but it was a very good one from Madhwal
18.5
4
Madhwal to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR, Muscles it and pierces the off-side heavy field. Full and wide again, Omarzai is deep in the crease, goes on his back knee and smokes it through cover-point
18.5
1w
Madhwal to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 wide, Sprays it well wide outside off again, leaves it be. Passes outside the tramline
18.4
1
Madhwal to Shashank Singh, 1 run, Goes for the yorker outside off, Shashank can only dig it out to the left of the bowler, who gets to it but doesn't throw
18.3
1
Madhwal to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, Full and in the slot outside off, Omarzai can only drill it to long-off

Four fielders in the deep on the off side, only long-on out in the leg side

18.3
1w
Madhwal to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 wide, Goes wide again, but Omarzai stays still and leaves it be
18.2
1
Madhwal to Shashank Singh, 1 run, Full and wide outside off, dug out through cover

No protection in the fine leg region still

18.1
0
Madhwal to Shashank Singh, no run, Spears it full and wide outside off, just outside the tramline, but Shashank moves across for the scoop and it goes between his legs

Madhwal for his last over

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | PBKS: 193/5 | RR: 10.72

  • Azmatullah Omarzai16 (6b)
  • Shashank Singh41 (21b)
  • Kwena Maphaka3-0-32-1
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-39-0
17.6
4
Maphaka to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR, Maphaka goes full, Omarzai punishes him again. He leans into it and lofts it over extra cover to end another expensive over, 166 from it
17.5
6
Maphaka to Azmatullah Omarzai, SIX, MUSCLED over long-off! Made it look very easy. Offcutter angling away from him, Omarzai had the desired room, he freed his arms and flat-batted it over the mid-off fielder
17.4
0
Maphaka to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run, Length ball on middle and leg, chops it down the track
17.3
4
Maphaka to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR, Connects it well. Back of a length outside leg, Omarzai backs away, arches back and ramps it over the keeper. It is the slower one, so he has time to hop and execute the stroke
17.2
1
Maphaka to Shashank Singh, 1 run, Direct hit and Shashank would have been a goner. Another slower one, full on leg, he waits, drills it to mid-off and sets off. The throw from Jurel off the mark
17.1
1
Maphaka to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, Full and wide outside off, he squeezes it to mid-off and hares to the other end, 116.6kph

Maphaka is back too

END OF OVER:
17 | 18 Runs | PBKS: 177/5 | RR: 10.41

  • Shashank Singh40 (20b)
  • Azmatullah Omarzai1 (1b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-39-0
  • Akash Madhwal3-0-39-1
16.6
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shashank Singh, SIX, Glorious hit! Doesn't travel as long as I'd imagined it to but that's enough for Shashank and PBKS. Full ball, in his slot around off, he goes back and across and has ample scope to get underneath it and send it sailing into the straight boundary, 18 off the over
16.5
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, Banged short and slanting away, pulled to deep midwicket
16.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shashank Singh, 1 run, Full and wide outside off, driven to deep cover

Backward point goes back

16.3
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shashank Singh, FOUR, Oh superbly done, splits the gap perfectly. Angling away on a length outside off, Shashank stays legside of the ball in order to just steer it between backward point and short third. It was the offcutter, and that allowed him extra time

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RR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st76YBK JaiswalV Suryavanshi
2nd33SV SamsonYBK Jaiswal
3rd5SV SamsonR Parag
4th30R ParagDC Jurel
5th37SO HetmyerDC Jurel
6th19DC JurelSB Dubey
7th0PW HasarangaSB Dubey
8th9SB DubeyKT Maphaka