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Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Rajasthan Royals have defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. This is the first defeat of the Punjab team in the IPL 2026 season. The Punjab team, playing at its home ground in New Chandigarh, could not defend the huge score of 222 runs. The unbeaten partnership of 77 runs in 32 balls between Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey turned the entire match upside down.
Punjab’s first defeat
So far in IPL 2026, Punjab Kings had registered 6 wins in 7 matches and there was no result in one of their matches. Ultimately he had to kneel before Rajasthan. Thanks to the half-centuries of Prabhsimran Singh and Marcus Stoinis, Punjab team reached the score of 222 runs.
When Rajasthan team came to chase the target of 223 runs, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal together made a brisk opening partnership of 51 runs. Suryavanshi scored 43 runs playing 16 balls. He has also completed 400 runs this season, on the other hand, Jaiswal played a strong inning of 51 runs in 27 balls. Dhruv Jurel was out after scoring 16 runs and captain Riyan Parag was out after scoring 29 runs.
Ferreira-Dubey turned the tables
By the end of the 14th over, Rajasthan Royals team had scored 151 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. In the last 6 overs, RR had to score 72 runs in 6 overs to win. The target seemed difficult, but Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey did not lose hope. Ferreira and Dubey scored 29 runs in the next 2 overs, but only 8 runs came in the next over.
The situation was such that Rajasthan had to score 35 runs in the last 3 overs. Arshdeep Singh lost 17 runs in the 18th over, due to which Rajasthan’s victory was almost certain. In the 19th and last over, Lockie Ferguson gave 16 runs. Shubham Dubey, who came as an impact player, also created a lot of havoc. He played a cameo innings of 31 runs in 12 balls, while Ferreira returned unbeaten after scoring 52 runs in 26 balls.
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