PBKS vs RR, IPL 2021 Highlights: Rajasthan Royals eked out a 2-run win against the Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Tuesday. The Kings looked to be the favourites as the match trudged towards its conclusion but Royals’ bowler Kartik Tyagi bowled an excellent final over to restrict the Kings to 183/4 in 20 overs.
Earlier, Punjab Kings had bowled out Rajasthan Royals for 185 in exact 20 overs. Opener Yashaswi Jaiswal (49) was the top scorer for the Royals while Mahipal Lomror contributed 43. Left-arm Medium pacer Arshdeep Singh (5/32) and Mohammed Shami (3/21) shared eight wickets between them.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan Royals: 185 all out in 20 overs (Yashaswi Jaiswal 49, Mahipal Lomror 43; Arshdeep Singh 5/32, Shami 3/21)
Punjab Kings: 183/4 in 20 overs ( Mayank Agarwal 67, KL Rahul 49; Kartik Tyagi 2/29)
'Feeling happy. I was injured during the India leg of IPL 2021, and when I recovered the tournament got cancelled. Very happy to get the chance today. I have spoken to seniors for the last few years. Everyone has said that game can change anytime. I knew I have the death-overs skills," he says.
Which fast bowler can make the stoic looking Kumar Sangakkara hop, skip and jump with joy? The Rajasthan Royals' director of cricket cantered onto the field from the dug out as 20-year-old fast bowler Kartik Tyagi turned the game on its head in the final over. Tyagi conceded one run and dismissed Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda. Such are the fast bowling riches of Indian cricket that it is easy to forget that there is someone as talented as Tyagi waiting in the wings. The pacer from Dhanaura, Hapur, came to the limelight at the Under-19 World Cup and got the speed guns interested again by bowling close to 145 kmph. He had an eventful first over; a referral for caught behind was wasted when ultra edge didn't show anything on Mayank Agarwal's bat, a full toss was dismissed by KL Rahul for a four. Though he didn't have much luck, Tyagi smiled after every delivery. He would have the same smile pasted across his face when kept his cool and got Sanga to loosen up.
'Tough one to swallow,' KL says. 'We need to see how we can handle pressure better. It's happened to the best in the game.'
Kings needed 8 in two overs and they have lost games from similar positions before. It's what happened once again as Mustafizur and Tyagi delivered two top overs in the last two. Royals win by 2 runs
And it's all over. Punjab lose a nailbiter. Rajasthan were just unbelievable in the last over. Tyagi just pulled off the biggest of upsets as Punjab bottle the match.
Kings' wickets falling like dominos. They are in trouble. Tyagi takes another wicket. Full and wide outside off stump. Looks to drive away from his body, and it takes an edge to Samson. The new batter will face the last ball. 3 from 1 needed now.
Kartik Tyagi to Pooran. Caught by Samson!! Just 3 off 3 left. Punjab 183/3 after 19.3 overs. This is turning into a magnificent game.
When Chris Morris — IPL's most expensive player ever — bowled one of his more expensive overs ever, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson could only muster a wry laugh. After a decent first over conceding only six runs, the South African seamer lost his line, and the plot. There were the two half-volleys on the leg stump, deposited into the first and second tier respectively by Mayank Agarwal. Then there were the three grisly wides, prompting three full-stretch dives from Samson. Samson the wicketkeeper was already vexed. Samson the skipper was equally perplexed. His counterpart Rahul had been dropped thrice in the powerplay and now his lead bowler was struggling. Sporting a helpless grin, Samson ran across to comfort his bowler. Morris eventually got the line and length right on the last ball, and Agarwal lofted him over cover for a boundary. All in all, 25 runs conceded, and the camera never cut to Samson.
Mustafizur bowls to Pooran. This is a nailbiter. 2 back to back dot balls. Mustafizur seems to have gotten away with the back foot no ball here. Certainly looked really close. Just 4 runs this over. Punjab need 4 runs in 6 balls. PBKS 182/2 after 19 overs.
With 18 needed off 18 balls, Markram hits a 6 in the first ball. Full on off. He swings the bat to whack it over cow corner. Fifty partnership also comes up in this over. PBKS 176/2 after 17.4 overs.
Pressure mounting on Mustafizur as he gets hit for a 6 by Pooran. Takes 3 runs in the next ball. Punjab are giving it their all. PBKS 167/2 after 16.4 overs.
Mustafizur to Pooran and gets hit for a four to third man. Slower ball, short of a length and Pooran wanted to cut through point. Instead got a bottom-edge that went away very fine, just beating Samson to his left. PBKS 158/2 after 16.2 overs.
Morris is back in the attack and he will be glad that Rahul and Mayank are gone. A pretty good over. Just 6 off it. PBKS 154/2 after 16 overs. Kings need 32 off 24 balls.
Chris Morris wears exaggeration for a beard at the best of times. One of the most emotive visages around, he found more than half a dozen chances to react to catches that were spilling all about the Rajasthan Royals' field. Pulling his jaw far down when in the outfield as KL Rahul got one reprieve after another, he would also witness Riyan Parag pop one out of his hands at the end of his first over. And rein in his frustration with elaborate gritting of teeth that sprawled his laugh lines all over. It was Mayank Agarwal though who stretched his facial sinews. Completely losing his radar in his second, he would wilt three wides down the leg side when he wasn't being carted around for two sixes and as many boundaries off four other deliveries. He ran in nine times in all in the never-ending 10th over for 25 runs, getting a bemused Sanju Samson to offer a silent walk-back-to-start with him. Beneath the peals of sweat and the soaking towel, Tipo Morris' face finally settled into a pummelled grimace that was forlorn.
Here's a bit of bad info for the Punjab Kings fans. All three century stands for the first wicket between Rahul and Mayank before today have ended in a defeat.
Nicholas Pooran comes to the crease to face Riyan Parag. Gives strike to Markram who hits a 4. Pooran comes back in strike and hits a 6 to finish the over at 16 runs. PBKS 142/2 after 14 overs.
KL Rahul falls after reaching 380 runs. Tied at #1 with Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Capitals.
Rahul emulates Royals' Jaiswal as he departs for 49. Sakaria gets his first. This was the wicket the Royals were waiting for. Good length ball angling across. Tries to cut through point but the slower ball gets a thicker edge. Straight to Tyagi at short third man. PBKS 120/1 after 11.5 overs.
Sakariya comes and gets hit for a 4 immediately by Rahul. Oh, he must be rueing that dropped catch. Punjab has a chance here to break record for highest successful run chase without loosing a wicket, held previously by KKR 184/0 vs Gujarat Lions. PBKS 119 after 11.3 overs
Lomror in the attack. Good comeback over after the expensive last over. Just 7 off it. Punjab Kings at 110 after 11 overs
After 2 wides Morris gets hit by a 4 and the 100 comes up for Punjab Kings. 4th time Mayank and Rahul gets to a 100 partnership. Gets hit by another 4 in the last ball. Very expensive over. 25 off it. PBKS 106/0 after 10 overs.
Another six by Agarwal as Morris has no idea what to do to stop him. Agarwal scores his 50 and he does it in some style. He was on 15 off 18 at the end of the powerplay and now has brought up the landmark off just 34 balls. He also reaches 3000 IPL runs
In the first ball of the 10th over Morris gets hit into the rafters by Agarwal. That was a length ball outside leg, and he whacks that with his bat swinging from off stump. PBKS 87/1 after 9.1 overs
Tewatia comes in the attack for the Rajasthan Royals. Gets hit for a 4 but still manages to restrict the Punjab openers to 9 from the over. Punjab Kings 81 for no loss after 9 overs.
3 back to back boundaries by Agarwal as he toys with Tyagi. Mayank 35 in 27 balls as he looks pretty settled. PBKS 72/0 after 8 overs.
Agarwal hits a 4 in the fourth ball of the over. That's the only newsworthy thing this over. Punjab are steady. PBKS 57/0 after 7 overs. Rahul at 33 and Mayank at 21.
Rahul Tewatia bowls to Mayank and it's a wide. Sliding down leg and Agarwal missed the glance, there was definitely a noise and might have been the thigh pad. No partnership in the last two seasons of IPL have passed 50 as often as Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul. PBKS 50/0 after 6.1 overs
KL Rahul must have nine lives as he is dropped for the third time in this innings. This time by Sakariya.Sakariya goes low to his right, and the ball drops out after touching his fingers. Anyway, it was another slower ball on a fullish length on leg, which Rahul pulled behind. Rajasthan Royals have caught very badly this season. They've dropped 12 chances - the only side to drop more are Mumbai Indians. PBKS 49/0 after 6 overs
KL Rahul becomes second-fastest batsman after Chris Gayle to score 3000 IPL runs.
Mustafizur in the attack. Gets hit by a boundary by Mayank. Straight over the Rajasthan Royals' bowler's head. PBKS 46/0 after 5.3 overs
Chris Morris comes into the attack and stems the flow of runs. Pretty good over as the Punjab players are stifled for just 6 runs in this over. But KL Rahul is dropped for the second time. He rides his luck as Parag fails to catch. PBKS 41/0 after 5 overs.
75 Chris Gayle
80 KL Rahul
94 David Warner
103 Suresh Raina
Sakaria bowls to Rahul and gets hit for a 4 and two sixes in the first three balls of the over. 3000 runs for Rahul in the IPL. PBKS 32/0 after 3.2 overs.
Tyagi comes in the attack. Mayank faces him. A free hit as the 4th ball was a No ball. Rahul strikes a 4. in the ensuing ball. PBKS 16/0 after 3 overs
Sakariya from over the wicket now. Bowls to Mayank. Very good fielding by the Royals' fielders as they restrict the Kings to just 9 in 2 overs. Rahul was dropped by Lewis. Let's see how that turns out. PBKS 9/0 after 2 overs.
Punjab Kings start slow with just 4 runs off the first over. Good economical bowling by Rajasthan Royals bowler Mustafizur. PBKS 4/0 after the 1st over.
Out come KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal for the chase. Mustafizur Rahman comes to bowl. Punjab need 186 to win. Do we have another thriller on our hands? Let's find out!!
Youngest to take 5-fer in IPL:
21y 204d Jaidev Unadkat 5/25 v DC 2013
22y 168d Alzarri Joseph 6/12 v SRH 2019
22y 228d Arshdeep Singh 5/32 v RR Dubai 2021
22y 237d Ishant Sharma 5/12 v KTK Kochi 2011
'I was disappointed because that ball was in my slot and I could not clear the field. The team needed me to bat till the end. We thought we had the momentum and had to make the most. I was just going with the flow, if it was in my arc I went for it.'
21y 204d Jaidev Unadkat 5/25 v DC 2013
22y 168d Alzarri Joseph 6/12 v SRH 2019
22y 228d Arshdeep Singh 5/32 v RR Dubai 2021
22y 237d Ishant Sharma 5/12 v KTK Kochi 2011
Arshdeep Singh is not a tearaway to grunt and groan in the follow-through like Shoaib Akhtar or Brett Lee. He mostly bargains his wickets with the change of pace than outright pace. Mid-130 kmh at best, but mostly in the 125-130 kph bracket. But he does put a lot of effort into his deliveries, especially into his release. The run-up, gather and leap are smooth, the release less so. You could hear the grunt, and a reverse angle would show how he contorts his face, the bright eyes almost leaping out of its socket, the eyebrows shrivelling and the lips curling in the strain as he sends down another of his cleverly-designed slower ball. He was dismayed when the umpire called the fifth ball of his 12th over, already leaking 15, a wide. But the extra stress was worth it, as he finally had Liam Livingston acrobatically caught in the deep by Fabian Allen.
5/14 Ankit Rajpoot KXIP v SRH Hyderabad 2018
5/20 Varun Chakravarthy KKR v DC Abu Dhabi 2020
5/27 Harshal Patel RCB v MI Chennai 2021
5/32 Arshdeep Singh PBKS v RR Dubai 2021
What a last over by Arshdeep Singh as he takes 2 this over. He caught and bowled Chetan Sakariya and now takes Tyagi. It's a five-wicket haul for Arshdeep. RR all out for 185. PBKS need 186 to win Before this innings, Arshdeep Singh had taken 13 of his 22 IPL wickets in the death overs. Today, he picked up three of his five scalps in the last four overs
Morris out!!! This was in the slot, to be fair. Full just outside off, but Morris ends up slicing a lofted shot. Too high off the bat, has the height as it goes into the night sky, but the elevation is missing. Second wicket for Shami in the over. RR 178/8 after 19 overs
Shami takes Rahul Tewatia as he gets bowled out. Swiping too far across the line and the pace of Shami rushing the batter, taking the inside edge and hitting the leg stump. RR 175/7 after 18.1 overs.
A very good over from Arshdeep as he took down Lomror who was looking dangerous. Just 7 off the over. Rajasthan Royals are 175/6.
Arshdeep Singh bowls to Lomror who looks to hit a six but the timing off the bat is not perfect. Markram at long on with a simple catch. Lomror misses his 50 as he goes for 43. RR 169/6 after 17.1 overs.
Shami bowls to Riyan Parag who is caught by Markram!! Too much style doesn't work for Parag. Full just outside off stump, and he goes for the big one over Shami's head. Struck a bit more towards the on side, and that brings long on into play. Runs to his left, gobbles a catch. RR 166/5 after 16.3 overs.
Lomror looks to be the real deal as he punishes Hooda in the 16th over by hitting 2 sixes and 2 fours. Rajasthan are on song with Lomror on 42 after playing just 15 balls. Punjab has to come up with some magic of their own to stop the run flow.
Hooda bowls to Lomror and gets hit for two sixes in the first two balls of the 15th over. In the third ball he hits a four. And another four in the last ball of the over. Very expensive over. 24 off it. RR 164/4 after 16 overs.
Jaiswal misses his half century as he walks for 49. Caught by Mayank!! Mayank takes a very good catch at short cover. Jaiswal keen to nudge this to mid-wicket and get his fifty, but this ball was well outside off stump and the bat face was closed way too early. Jaiswal is heartbroken. RR 136/4.
Rashid back in the attack. Gets hit for back to back sixes by Lomror. The spinner has had a torrid time. RR 136/3 after 14 overs
Like his idol Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis is six-savvy, and even bettered Gayle’s haul in the last edition of the Caribbean Premier League. But unlike the ever-grinning, hyper-expressive Gayle, Lewis seems permanently poker-faced, entirely inexpressive when he bats. The lips barely move, the eyes are stone cold. No shake of his head or shrug of his shoulders. He wore the same sober expression when he brutalised Ishan Porel as well as when Mohammed Shami beat him neck and crop on a couple of instances. Batsmen are supposed to vent out their anger at least when they get out, especially after a robust start. Not Lewis. He walked away as cold as he had been batting in the middle. An anti-Gayle in terms of pouring his mind out in the middle. More like another six-hitting Caribbean opener Dwayne Smith.
A pretty economic over by Harpreet Brar. 6 singles off it as RR look to steady ship after losing their two big hitters. RR 123/3 after 13 overs
Livingstone is caught by Fabian Allen at deep mid-wicket!! This pressure from a quality international batter is good for young Arshdeep Singh. Allen runs to his right from deep midwicket, then dives to his right, and the ball sticks in his hands despite a hard fall. RR 116/3 after 11.5 overs.
Livingstone hits a monster off Arshdeep Singh. Crystal clear thump of the ball. 97 metre hit and KL's face says how massive it was. RR 115/2 after 11.4 overs
A beautiful four by Livingstone. He moves right across to this short of length delivery and scoops it fine over KL Rahul. No chance stopping that once the connection is decent. RR 107/2 after 11.2 overs
100 comes up for Rajasthan Royals as Harpreet Brar is hit for a four by Jaiswal in the last ball of the over. RR 101/2 after 11 overs