In the 65th match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. To win this match, Punjab had a target of 145 runs, which they achieved in the 19th over itself. However, when Punjab needed 15 runs in the last two overs, Sanju Samson handed the ball to his trusted bowler Avesh Khan and at that time it seemed that this match could become exciting but Sam Curran and Ashutosh Sharma had other intentions. .
Avesh Khan had made a great start by taking two big wickets of Rilee Rousseau and Shashank Singh, but in the 19th over, when his team was expecting a miracle from him, he fell apart and lost the match by giving away 15 runs in just 5 balls. . Karan and Ashutosh gave their team an easy victory by hitting two sixes in this over of Avesh. You can watch the video of these two sixes below.
Talking about this match, Rajasthan, batting first, scored 144 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Riyan Parag scored the highest 48 (34) runs for the team. In this innings he hit 6 fours. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 28(19) runs. In this innings he hit 3 fours and one six. Raag and Ashwin made a partnership of 50 (34) runs for the fourth wicket. Rahul Chahar, Harshal Patel and captain Sam Curran took maximum 2-2 wickets each for Punjab. One wicket each from Nathan Ellis and Arshdeep Singh.
Chasing the target, Punjab won the match by losing 5 wickets and scoring 145 runs in 18.5 overs. Captain Karan scored the maximum runs for Punjab. He played an unbeaten half-century of 63 runs with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes in 41 balls. He scored his second half-century of this season in 38 balls. Riley Rousseau scored 22 runs in 13 balls with the help of 5 fours. Jitesh Sharma contributed 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 20 balls. Karan and Jitesh added 63(46) runs for the 5th wicket. Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal took maximum 2-2 wickets for Rajasthan. One wicket went to Trent Boult's account.
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