Arshdeep Singh to Jaiswal, FOUR, Jaiswal wastes little time to get going. Short of length, Jaiswal heaves it away over midwicket. A couple of bounces and into the fence
Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi are at the crease. Jaiswal is on strike. Arshdeep Singh will open the attack
Welcome back for the run-chase. Samson is back in the XI but as he mentioned at the toss, it'll be the two young left-handers at the top of the order. Harpreet Brar is the Impact Player for Punjab. Shreyas Iyer has been subbed out, Shashank will be the stand-in captain. All in readiness. One slip in place and off we go...
Nehal Wadhera: It was wonderful batting there today. I think, Shreyas bhai and me, both played well together. I think 220 is a very good score on this wicket. Shashank and Omarzai played well towards end. The talks have been clear with the captain and coach. We have to punish the loose balls, that's why we are scoring 200 runs frequently. That positive approach has helped us. I think the preparations happen in the nets. The way the players play in the nets, they play similarly in the game. It is quite hot today, but the surface is looking good. We have good bowlers, I am pretty sure we are going to nail this game.
Fazalhaq Farooqi in IPL 2025: 5 matches, 0/210 in 17 overs (ER: 12.35) Between 01 Jan 2024 and the start of IPL 2025, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in Men’s T20s alongside Wanindu Hasaranga (89).
Nehal Wadhera: It was wonderful batting there today. I think, Shreyas bhai and me, both played well together. I think 220 is a very good score on this wicket. Shashank and Omarzai played well towards end. The talks have been clear with the captain and coach. We have to punish the loose balls, that's why we are scoring 200 runs frequently. That positive approach has helped us. I think the preparations happen in the nets. The way the players play in the nets, they play similarly in the game. It is quite hot today, but the surface is looking good. We have good bowlers, I am pretty sure we are going to nail this game.
Updated: RR have dropped 23 catches this season so far (the most), their catching efficiency of 66.6% also being the lowest.
Highest totals after being 3 down for < 35 in an IPL innings 219/5 - PBKS vs RR, Jaipur, 2025 213/9 - LSG vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023 211/9 - DC vs LSG, Visakhapatnam, 2025 208/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2024 205/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2023
200-plus first innings totals in IPL matches in Jaipur 219/5 - PBKS vs RR, 2025 217/2 - MI vs RR, 2025 214/2 - RR vs SRH, 2023 (chased down) 209/4 - GT vs RR, 2025 (chased down) 202/5 - RR vs CSK, 2023
Welcome back for the run-chase.
17:15 Local Time, 11:45 GMT, 17:15 IST: Despite losing their top three inside four overs, Punjab Kings have posted 219 on the board after opting to bat.
19.6
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, off-cutter, Shashank Singh walks across and gets low to flick it,
19.5
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, FOUR,
19.4
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, wide yorker, Shashank Singh walks across a long way and opens his bat-face to squeeze it towards third man. Maphaka makes a sharp stop to save a couple of runs
19.3
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, low full toss outside off, the batter shuffles and flicks it through midwicket for a brace. 27-ball fifty for Shashank Singh!
19.2
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, no run, yorker inside the tramline
Mid-off moves back to long-off
19.2
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, wide, full again, the line is too wide on this occasion, Shashank can't reach for it. Fifty partnership!
19.1
Tushar Deshpande to Shashank Singh, SIX, full and in the slot, Shashank shuffles a bit and thumps it over long-on