IPL 2023 news, PBKS vs RR Highlights: All Reports

IPL 2023 news, on April 5 IPL match between PBKS vs RR took place. And that match had been amazing one.

 

Pitch Report

IPL 2023 news about pitch report, the pitch had cracks and looked dry which means it could have helped spinners and also the dew could have an impact. The team batting second would have great chances to win.

Toss Report

Rajasthan Royal skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first.

On which Shikhar Dhawan said during toss was, “We all know the dew comes. We also wanted to bowl first. It’s alright. We are used to it. Let’s go day by day. Not putting too much on pressure on myself. The process matters the most. Same eleven from the last game. RR are a very good side. They are playing good cricket. We want to give our best.”

Sanju Samson after toss explained why he chose to bowl, “We would like to bowl here. Expecting some dew. We will use the opportunity to bowl first. It is a great thought by the franchise. Loving it here. The players have gotten used to the conditions. We are going in with the same side. Very happy to see them grow. Jaiswal and Parag have grown a lot learning from the experience guys.”

Team-11

Punjab Kings(Playing-11): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Rajasthan Royals(Playing-11): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

The Game

Prabhsimran Singh and Sikhar Dhawan came as the opening batters for PBKS and Prabhsimran Singh was looking dangerous for every bowler of RR a he thrashed every bowler and got his 50 in just 28 balls. And in the 10th over where Prabhsimran Singh was trying to assault the bowlers again, he throwed a catch to Jos Buttler who grabbed it and Prabhsimran Singh got dismissed in the over of Jason Holder who just gave 6 runs and took wicket in that over. After Singh getting dismissed Sikhar Dhawan changed his gears and started to hit boundaries with ease and completed his half-century in just 36 balls after 13.4 over. Till then the score of PBKS was 158/2 when Chahal who was out the form yesterday night, took the wicket of Jitesh Sharma. Then again Ashwin took the wicket of Sikander Raza who just scoring 1 got out. And the team was at 159/3 after 16.1 overs. Where PBKS would have thought to score more than 200 runs in the match, the RR stopped them fro doing by the last over of Jason Holder who bowled and amazing last over by just giving 6 runs into it and also taking a wicket of Shahrukh Khan. And PBKS made a target of 198 runs. This was IPL 2023 news about PBKS batting order and RR bowling.

From RR, Yashasvi and R Ashwin came as openers. From the start Yashasvi was looking dangerous but Arshdeep Singh took wicket of Yashasvi in 2nd over by just giving 9 runs. Then Buttler came in and got a lifeline at 7 when Harpreet dropped his catch in Sam Curran’s over. In 3.2 overs, Arshdeep Singh took another wicket of R Ashwin. Then Samson came in and Buttler with Samson started to chase but Nathan Ellis got the big fish as he took wicket of Jos Buttler after 5.4 overs. Also Nathan Ellis got another crucial wicket as Sanju Samson. But at last Shimron Hetmyer and Druv Jurel were trying to make things possible for RR. But still Punjab Kings won the game by 5 runs.