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n Match No. 40 of the Indian Premier League 2024, Rajasthan Royals faced Punjab Kings. Rajasthan Royals won the match by 6 wickets. This was Punjab Kings’ first loss of the season, yet they still remain at the top of the points table.
The match was played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first. Punjab Kings set a target of 223 runs, which Rajasthan Royals successfully chased down, winning the match by 6 wickets.
This season, Punjab Kings have played 8 matches so far. They have won 6 matches (against GT, CSK, SRH, MI, LSG, and DC), 1 match (against KKR) ended with no result due to rain, and they have lost 1 match (against RR).
This season, Rajasthan Royals have played a total of 9 matches so far. They have won 6 matches (against CSK, GT, MI, RCB, LSG, and Punjab Kings) and lost 3 matches (against SRH, KKR, and SRH).
For Punjab Kings, Marcus Stoinis was the top scorer with an unbeaten 62 runs, including 4 fours and 6 sixes. He was followed by Prabhsimran Singh, who scored 59 runs with 6 fours and 1 six. Both players were the highest run-scorers for their team.
Priyansh Arya scored 29 runs, Cooper Connolly made 30 runs, Shreyas Iyer (captain) scored 30 runs, and Suryansh Shedge remained not out on 3 runs.
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In the Rajasthan Royals batting lineup, Donovan Ferreira was the top scorer with an unbeaten 52 off 26 balls, including 6 fours and 3 sixes. He was followed by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 51 runs off 27 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi also played a strong innings, scoring 43 runs off 16 balls, hitting 3 fours and 5 sixes.
Dhruv Jurel scored 16 runs, Riyan Parag (captain) made 29 runs, and in the end, Shubham Dubey scored 31 runs.
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Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Cooper Connolly, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja
