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Punjab Kings (PBKs), directed by Shreyas Iyer (PBKs), hosted the Rajasthan Royals (RR) directed by Sanju Samson (RR) in the 18th Premier League Indian 2025 (IPL 2025) game on Saturday, April 5.
The Punjab Kings team lost the game against the Rajasthan Royals team for 50 runs to the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur.
We have not been able to run many things: Shreyas Iyer
Bowling first in the game, Punjab Kings was not up to the brand, as they allowed RR to record a huge score of 205/4. Lockie Ferguson appeared as the most successful bowling, as he took two doctors for 37 runs.
Pursuing the goal, PBKs lost two doctors in the first, and from it the pressure continued to build them. Although Nehal Wadhera fought with their half century, the PBKs were restricted to 155/9.
Speaking after the game, PBKs pattern Shreyas Iyer said they gave additional clues to the ball and could not run their plans. Shreyas Iyer stated:
“To be honest, I thought we would have been good to pursue something around 180-185 here, but we gave few additional runs. We have not been able to execute many things and surely we will learn from it. I am happy that this loss would occur at the beginning of the season.
“It was a complicated wick. The ball was a bit. We were trying to get the pace and it worked well. When I went out, I felt that we could sew some collaborations instead of hiking in the bowls.”
Is a phenomenal player: Shreyas iyer in Nehal Wadhera
Shreyas Iyer also emphasized the importance of returning to the drawing box and bouncing hard, as IPL is a long tournament. Stated:
“Obviously, as you can see that there was no dew that we predict at the beginning of the game. We cannot blame it. We must return to the drawing box and watch the videos. As for our battle, we will try to focus on creating collaborations. We also lost the return doctors that were not good.”
Shreyas Iyer dragged a rich praise in the Blear of the average order Nehal Wadhera and labeled him as a phenomenal player. Iyer signed saying that he was glad that PBKs lost the game against RR in the first half of the competition, as he would act as an awake. Said:
“He is a phenomenal player. The courage he showed when he came out in the bat was bright. He took some time in the fold and then he was able to analyze the wick and go to the bad deliveries.
“We won our two previous matches and I’m glad we lost a game in the first half of the tournament. This can be a call for wake up for us.”
How did the PBKs perform in the previous IPL match against RR?
Punjab Kings (PBKs) played his former Indian Premier League game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Guwahati and recorded a victory for five doctors. The party star was Sam Curran as Bowling First, fired Yasse Jaiswal and eliminated DHRUV Jewel. In addition, with the bat, he broke an unmatwithstone 63 he ran 41 balls after reducing 48/4.
In the meantime, a complete bowling of Punjab Kings saw that the Royals Rajasthan restricted only 144/9 despite the 48 of Riyan Parag and the 28 of Ravichandran Ashwin.
Pursuing 145, PBKs lost their early doctors when the Rajasthan Royals bowls let them fight on 48/4, but Sam Curran remained calm. He rebuilt with Jitesh Sharma, adding 63 crucial runs. Following the dismissal of Jitesh, Ashutosh Sharma provided the final touches and, next to Sam Curran, brought the team ahead of the finish line with 7 remaining balls.
