![]() His fabulous innings came to an end, courtesy Jason Holder and Buttler, who took a sensational catch, diving forward from long on. With a half-century in his kitty, Prabhsimran welcomed back Boult for his second spell with a flat-batted six down the ground. The introduction of spin didn't bother Prabhsimran either as he continued his boundary hitting spree, hitting Ashwin to two consecutive fours as Punjab raced to 63/0 in the Powerplay. He followed that up with a short-arm pull over the midwicket region for a maximum. ![]() The 22-year-old first smacked a length ball over mid off before cutting one behind point for a second boundary. Dhawan joined the party briefly with back-to-back fours in the next over.īut the young opener was brutal on Asif, whom he hammered for three fours and a six in the fourth over. He followed that up by slapping a six over backward square off KM Asif in the second over. Prabhsimran started by smacking Trent Boult for lacerating drive in the first over, making his intentions clear. His inning was studded with nine fours and three maximums that came in the second half. The Punjab Kings skipper was dropped on 50 and made most of his reprieve as he played the role of sheet anchor, ensuring his team had enough runs on the board with dew setting in. Once his opening partner was dismissed, Dhawan upped the ante as he scored 56 off next 26 balls that he faced. On the other hand, Dhawan, switched gears effortlessly as he was 30 off 30 balls at one stage playing second fiddle to Prabhsimran. He and Dhawan added 90 runs for the opening stand off just 61 balls. But the Punjab bowlers managed to dry out the boundaries and with the required run rate increasing Samson succumbed under the pressure and mistimed a a cross seamer by Ellis.Įllis then sent back local favourite Riyan Parag (20 off 12) who played a quick cameo and Devdutt Padikal (21) packing before Hetmyer and Jurel hit a flurry of sixes and fours to bring the equation down to 15 off the last over.Įarlier, Prabhsimran, who hit seven fours and three sixes, mercilessly punished the Rajasthan bowlers during the first 10 overs to bring up his IPL maiden fifty off 28 balls as Punjab was off to a rollicking start. Rajasthan were 89 for 3 at the halfway mark. He smacked Harpreet Brar for back to back boundaries before greeting Ellis with twin fours. Skipper Sanju Samson (42 off 25) looked in good nick as he timed the ball well. He was dropped in the third over but couldn't much as he became Ellis' first victim of the night. The Ashwin experiment also failed as the senior spinner perished for a duck.Ĭoming at No. Yashasvi Jaiswal was first to go as he sent the ball straight the fielder. The Royals sent Ravichandran Ashwin to open in place of Jos Buttler, who had walked off the filed grimacing after taking Shahrukh Khan's catch earlier on. Pacer Arshdeep Singh provided the early breakthrough as accounted fro both openers. The Royals were then blown away by Ellis (4/30) before Shimron Hetmyer (35) and young 'Impact Player' Dhruv Jurel (32 not out off 15) stitched a 62-run partnership to get Rajasthan back in the game.īut IPL's costliest overseas recruit Sam Curran, justified his top billing, by brilliantly defending 15 in the last over to restrict the Royals to 192 for 7. ![]() Young Prabhsimran (60) and veteran skipper Dhawan (86 not out) pummelled the Rajasthan Royals attack to propel Punjab Kings to a challenging 197 for 4 after being asked to bat. Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh smashed classy half-centuries before Nathan Ellis' exploits with the ball guided Punjab Kings to a nervy five-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match, in Guwahati on Wednesday.
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