PBKS vs RR 2025: In the second match held in IPL 2025 on Saturday, Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 50 runs. This is the first defeat of Punjab, captained by Shreyas Iyer, after which it has slipped to number four in the points table. Chasing 206 runs, Punjab Kings lost 2 wickets including the captain in Joffra Archer’s first over. The team could only score 155 runs. After the match, Shreyas Iyer told where his team made a mistake.
Rajasthan Royals scored less runs in the first 10 overs but did not lose wickets, which the team took advantage of in the last 10 overs and extended the speed of runs. The most affordable Arshdeep Singh was, who gave 35 runs in 4 overs. Marco Jansen conceded 45 runs in 4 overs, Locky Ferguson gave 37 runs in 4 overs. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal scored 32 runs in 3 overs and Stoinis 48 runs in 4 overs. The captain said after the match that his team gave additional runs.
Shreyas Iyer said after the match, “I felt that we would give 180-185 runs because it would have been a great score to achieve the target. We could not perform according to our plans, we gave some extra runs.”
The captain further said, “Glad that our team got this necklace in the beginning of the season. It was a good pitch for batting, it was making a little grip. We were trying to hit the deck and were not giving them much speed. We could have done some partnerships and instead of over-Attack, we could slow down a little. We could get a lot to learn from this game. Where we were not able to perform with bowling.
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Shreyas Iyer praised Nehal Vadhera
In this match, Nehal Vadhera batted well for Punjab Kings, but the target in front of Punjab Kings, a backward wickets, was very big, which could not win even from Nehal’s innings. Nehal scored 62 runs in 41 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 4 fours.
Captain Shreyas Iyer said about Nehal Vadhera, “He batted brilliantly under pressure, he was able to analyze some time and was able to attack well on weak balls. This is just a third match, you need a little trouble in the beginning so that you can wake up and I am happy that it is now. We have to go back to the drawing board and we have to return to the next game.”
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