Medium pacer Kartik prevents Punjab Kings from scoring four runs and helps RR pull off a sensational two-run win
Kartik Tyagi celebrates RR’s victory in the final over yesterday
Mayank Agarwal’s 43-ball 67 and skipper KL Rahul’s 49 off 33 balls were not good enough for Punjab Kings in their chase as Rajasthan Royals’ Kartik Tyagi produced a perfect Houdini Act and pulled off a sensational two-run win here on Tuesday.
The 120-run opening stand put Punjab Kings in command as RR bowlers were taken to the cleaners. The 57-run third-wicket stand between Aiden Markram (26 not out) and Nicholas Pooran (32) took the game further away from Rajasthan Royals.
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Rajasthan Royals opener Yashasvi Jaiswal en route his 49-run knock against Punjab Kings. Pics/BCCI, IPL
However, medium pacer Tyagi successfully defended four runs needed in the final over, claiming two wickets (Pooran and Deepak Hooda). Earlier, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (49) and Mahipal Lomror (43) starred with the bat but Punjab Kings pulled things back in the rear end to bowl out Rajasthan Royals for 185.
Arshdeep Singh returned with a five-wicket haul after Mohammed Shami claimed three as the duo restricted Rajasthan to 185 despite going hammer and tongs at one stage.
Put into bat, Jaiswal was part of in two vital partnerships, adding 54 with his new opening partner Evin Lewis (36) and then sharing another 48 off 28 balls with Liam Livingstone (25). Lomror then smashed his way to a 17-ball 43, studded with four sixes and two fours.
However, Punjab pulled things back in the end with Shami claiming two wickets. Jaiswal smashed two successive fours in the first over off Shami, while debutant Lewis sent Ishan Porel, also playing his first match, sailing over for a six as RR had a flying start.
The West Indies batsman punished Porel for bowling short and wide, blasting four boundaries in the fourth over. Hooda was then taken to the cleaners, leaking 13 runs.
Brief scores: RR 185 (Y Jaiswal 49, M Lomror 43; A Singh 5-32, M Shami 3-21) beat PBKS 183-4 (M Agarwal 67, KL Rahul 49; K Tyagi 2-29) by two runs
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