PBKS won the match by 5 wickets with RR

In this match, Punjab Kings (PBKS) won the match by 5 wickets with Rajasthan Royals (RR) due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, PBKS was placed in the 9th position with 10 points. RR was placed in the 2nd position with 16 points after losing this match as per the points table of IPL 2024.

Earlier, RR won the toss and chose to bat first and made a low score of 144/9 in 20 overs due to great bowling by Sam Curran 2/24 (3), Rahul Chahar 2/26 (4), and Harshal Patel 2/28 (4). Riyan Parag 48 (34), Ravichandran Ashwin 28 (19), Sanju Samson 18 (15) were good batting from the RR side. After this inning, RR set a low target of 145 runs in 20 overs for PBKS to win this match.

During chasing, PBKS lost 5 wickets, reached the target of 145 runs in 18.5 overs, and won the match by 5 wickets with RR due to great batting by Sam Curran 63* (41), Rilee Rossouw 22 (13), and Jitesh Sharma 22 (20). Avesh Khan 2/28 (3.5), Yuzvendra Chahal 2/31 (4), and Trent Boult 1/27 (3) were good bowling from the RR side.

Sam Curran (PBKS), 2/24 (3), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in bowling.

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