Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer was subbed off at innings break throughout the IPL 2025 match towards Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. Shreyas, who was affected by a finger damage, was subbed off after scoring 30 off 25 deliveries, didn’t area in any respect throughout PBKS’ bowling. While Shreyas was not on the sphere, that didn’t cease the Indian cricket staff batter from getting concerned. During the match, he was seen having a dialog with fielders on the boundary line and even serving to stand-in skipper Shashank Singh with the sphere set-up. PBKS ended up successful the encounter by 10 runs.
Shreyas Iyer is giving common inputs to the gamers from boundary rope
– Injured however giving all the things for his staff.
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Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar bowled a match-turning spell after Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh made bruising fifties as Punjab Kings edged nearer to an IPL playoff berth with a 10-run win over Rajasthan Royals right here on Sunday.
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Brar, who got here in as an alternative to skipper Shreyas Iyer — presumably unwell resulting from excessive warmth — was launched within the fifth over and the left-arm spinner walked away with a powerful 3/22 in 4 overs, serving to PBKS to limit RR to 209/7 within the chase of 220.
The Punjab aspect had earlier made 219 for 5 driving on an unbeaten on 59 off 30 deliveries (5×4, 3×6) by Shashank and Wadhera (70, 37b, 5×4, 5×6).
With this win, PBKS (NRR: +0.38) climbed to 17 factors and they’re second on the desk behind leaders Royal Challengers Bengaluru (17 factors, +0.48) on web run fee distinction.
The Ricky Ponting-coached aspect wants only one extra level to safe a playoff berth for the primary time since 2014.
Brar, who blended up his angles, trajectory, and tempo with precision, performed a giant half in that.
His scalps included the 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi (40 off 15; 4×4, 4×6) and Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had launched a brutal assault up entrance along with his (50 off 24).
Together they flew off the blocks with a stand off 76 runs in simply 4.1 overs. Azmatullah Omarzai (2/44) then landed a double blow, sending again skipper Sanju Samson (20 off 16) and Shimron Hetmyer (11 off 12), as RR’s chase misplaced steam.
Dhruv Jurel (53 off 31 balls; 3×4, 4×6) hit kind to attain his second fifty of the season but it surely went in useless as Marco Jansen (2/41 in three overs) eliminated him and Wanindu Hasaranga in successive balls within the final over to finish their chase.
(With PTI inputs)
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