PBKSvsRR: ARSHDEEP LETHAL BOWLING RESTRICT ROYALS ON 185
The first innings of the night belonged to Arshdeep Singh as he bagged his maiden five-wicket haul to peg back Rajasthan Royals and restrict them to 185/10 in their 20 overs. Mohammed Shami also shone with the ball, picking up 3 wickets. Earlier, Evin Lewis (36) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (49) had gotten Rajasthan Royals off to a brisk start. The team surpassed 50 in just 5 overs.The wicket almost works to Royals advantage though. Now that Jaiswal is gone, so is the nudging and nurdling through the 40s. Lomror has just hammered Deepak Hooda for two sixes and a pair of fours in a 24-run 16th over heading into the last strategic timeout. Liam Livingstone (25) and Mahipal Lomror (43) took up the boundary-scoring duties. But RR kept losing wickets at regular intervals and a mini-collapse at the end meant they could not get past 200.
KL Rahul-led PBKS need 186 runs to win this game. PBKS skipper is in very good form, for this run chase Rahul’s inning could make things easy for kings.
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