Mohali, May 5: Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 43 runs in Game 48 of IPL here at the PCA Stadium on Saturday night.
IPL 5: Results, Points Table
Here are the highlights.
# Rajasthan ended their four-match losing streak
# Rajasthan are in fifth in the points table with 10 points from 11 games
# Punjab are also with 10 points from 11 matches but are placed sixth as Rajasthan are ahead in net run rate
# Rajasthan kept Punjab to 134/8 in 20 overs after scoring 177/6
# Shane Watson, Shaun Tait and Johan Botha took two wickets each
# Watson was the Man-of-the-match for his all-round performance of 17-ball 36 and 2/22
# Watson bowled one maiden over
# Shaun Marsh was the highest scorer for Punjab with 34
# Punjab were 33/2 in the six over of powerplay
# The 50 came in 42 balls for Punjab
# Punjab’s 100 was achieved in 15.2 overs
# Rajasthan captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and chose to bat first
# Rajasthan made five changes to their team
# Dravid topscored for the team with 46
# Shane Watson and Brad Hodge made 36 each
# Ashok Menaria scored 34
# Ryan Harris took four wickets for Punjab conceding 34 runs
# Piyush Chawla had two wickets
# Rajasthan’s fast bowler Shaun Tait played his first match this season
# Rajasthan scored 64/1 in the first six overs
# They reached 50 in 33 balls
# 100 for Rajasthan came in 11.3 overs
# Rajasthan hit 18 fours and six sixes
# Watson, Menaria and Hodge hit two sixes apiece
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