
Rajasthan Royals bagged a cushty 50-run win in opposition to Punjab Kings within the 18th match of the IPL 2025 season. Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh, hosted the conflict on Saturday, April 5.
After shedding the toss, RR have been tasked to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal lastly discovered his misplaced type, scoring 67 runs in 45 balls with three fours and 5 sixes. Sanju Samson, the RR captain, might rating 38 runs in 26 balls with six fours.
Riyan Parag, who got here out to bat at No.3, smacked 43* off 25 balls with three fours and as many sixes. Finally, RR scoreed 205/4 in 20 overs. Lockie Ferguson scalped two wickets whereas Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen scalped one wicket every.
The chase regarded one-sided after the top-order collapse. Priyansh Arya (0), Prabhsimran Singh (17), Shreyas Iyer (10) and Marcus Stoinis (1) queued to the pavilion. Nehal Wadhera’s 62 off 41 with 4 fours and three sixes stored the aspect in rivalry for a short interval.
Finally, the Punjab Kings scored 155/9 in 20 overs. Jofra Archer grabbed three scalps whereas Sandeep Sharma and Maheesh Theekshana picked two wickets every, with Kumar Kartikeya pocketing one wicket.
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LSG top-order batter Nicholas Pooran retained his pole place with 201 runs from 4 innings. Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudharsan stays second with 186 runs from three innings.
LSG opener Mitchell Marsh (184), MI batter Suryakumar Yadav (171), GT No.3 batter Jos Buttler (166), PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer (159), and SRH opener Travis Head (140) are up subsequent. They continue to be on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh ranks respectively.
Sanju Samson ascended from the nineteenth rank to the eighth spot, scoring 137 runs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (128) and Heinrich Klaasen (125) slipped one spot every to the ninth and tenth ranks, respectively.
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CSK star spinner Noor Ahmad maintained his prime spot with 10 wickets from 4 innings. Mitchell Starc, the DC pacer, retained his second rank with 9 wickets. MI all-rounder and captain Hardik Pandya continues on the third rank with eight wickets at 9.37.
CSK pacer Khaleel Ahmed holds the fourth rank with eight wickets at 15. LSG pacer Shardul Thakur stays on the fifth rank with seven wickets at 18.85.
Kuldeep Yadav (6), Josh Hazlewood (6), R Sai Kishore (6), Varun Chakravarthy (6) and Vaibhav Arora (6) retain their ranks. They’re sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth at 12, 114.33, 14.83, 14.83, and 15.66, respectively.