The winning streak of Punjab Kings captained by Shreyas Iyer was stopped by Rajasthan Royals. This is PBKS’s first defeat in IPL 2026 after 8 matches. With this victory, RR has reached third place in the points table. Talking about the match held on Tuesday, Punjab, batting first, had made a huge score of 222 runs, but could not defend it.

Rajasthan Royals achieved the target in 19.2 overs and registered a spectacular victory by 6 wickets. Donovan Ferreira was adjudged the player of the match, who scored unbeaten 52 runs at a strike rate of 200 while chasing. Before this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave an explosive start to the team, he scored 43 runs in 16 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 51 runs in 27 balls.

3 big reasons for the defeat of Punjab Kings

Lack of ‘execution’ in bowling: Punjab Kings had made a big score of 222 runs. Rajasthan made a fast start, but when Yashasvi Jaiswal was out, Punjab Kings could have made a comeback, but the bowlers could not execute their plans properly like slow balls or yorkers. While the ball was coming haltingly on the pitch, Punjab bowlers bowled many full toss balls, these fast balls.

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Poor bowling in death overs: Especially Arshdeep Singh and Lockie Ferguson gave away a lot of runs in the death overs, which was a major reason for the defeat of Punjab Kings. Both the bowlers were bowling at a fast pace and there was no mix-up in their pace. Because Ferreira and Dubey scored runs by taking advantage of the speed of the ball, if there was a mix-up here then perhaps the batsman would have got trapped.

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Shreyas Iyer’s slow innings: Of course, the score of 222 runs was big, but seeing the way Punjab Kings had started, it seemed that their score was only 20-25 runs less. This happened twice in the middle overs when more than 10 balls were hit without a boundary. While Marcus Stoinis played an explosive inning of unbeaten 62 runs in 22 balls, taking the team’s score to 222, captain Shreyas Iyer scored only 30 runs in 27 balls.

40 matches have been played in the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, but on Tuesday Rajasthan Royals became the first team to defeat Punjab Kings this season. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave a great start, while Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey played the role of finishers. Ferreira got the POTM award, but Shubham Dubey also played important innings. He came to play as an impact player.

Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 222 runs. While chasing the target, Vaibhav Suryavanshi (43 in 16 balls) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (51 in 27 balls) gave a great start, but due to continuous fall of wickets in the middle overs, the pressure started increasing on Rajasthan. After 14 overs, Rajasthan’s score was 51 runs for 4 wickets. Shubham Dubey was put to bat as an impact player, when 72 runs were needed in 36 balls to win.

Rajasthan won with 4 balls remaining due to the partnership of 77 runs between Shubham Dubey and Donovan Ferreira. Dubey scored 31 runs in 12 balls at a strike rate of 258, in which he hit 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Who is Shubham Dubey?

Shubham Dubey was born on August 27, 1994 in Yavatmal district located in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. He is a middle order batsman, who plays the role of a finisher in the T20 format. He plays for Vidarbha team in domestic.

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Shubham Dubey has scored 75 runs in 3 first class matches. He has scored 254 runs in 12 innings of List A, which includes one half-century. He has played a total of 41 matches in T20, in which he has scored 808 runs in 36 innings. He has scored 2 half-centuries in T20, his highest score is 58*.

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What is Shubham Dubey’s IPL salary?

Shubham Dubey made his IPL debut in 2024, he has been playing for Rajasthan Royals since his first season. He has played a total of 15 matches in IPL, scoring 189 runs in 13 innings. Considering Shubham’s domestic performance, Rajasthan had bought him for a huge amount of Rs 5.8 crore in 2024, but released him before 2025.

Other teams did not show any interest in Shubham in 2025, due to which Rajasthan was successful in buying him for only Rs 80 lakh. Rajasthan had retained Shubham for IPL 2026. Shubham Dubey’s salary in IPL 2026 is Rs 80 lakh.