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Punjab vs Rajasthan: Punjab ( Punjab K) Kings team has suffered a crushing defeat at home. In the 18th match of IPL 2025 played at Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Punjab Kings were defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 50 runs. In this way, Rajasthan team registered their second consecutive win. At the same time, Punjab Kings had to taste the first defeat of the season.
Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 205 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s half-century. Jaiswal played an innings of 67 runs off 45 balls. In response to Rajasthan’s huge score, Punjab Kings team could only score 155 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Nehal Wadhera scored the highest 62 runs for Punjab. Rajasthan bowlers showed a great game. Jofra Archer took the most 3 wickets. Two bowlers took 2-2 wickets each. Sandeep Sharma and Mahesh Theekshana took 2-2 wickets each. Kumar Karthikeya and Wanindu Hasaranga got one success each.
Sanju came out on top
This is Rajasthan’s 32nd win under Sanju’s captaincy. With this, Sanju has become the most successful captain of Rajasthan Royals. He broke Shane Warne’s record. Earlier, Shane Warne held the record of winning the most matches for Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan had won 31 matches of IPL under Warne’s captaincy. Sanju has won 32 matches while captaining Rajasthan in 62 matches, while Warne had won 31 matches in 55 matches. Rahul Dravid is the third most successful captain for Rajasthan. Rajasthan had won 18 matches under Dravid’s captaincy.
Shreyas Iyer got a setback
On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer has suffered a big setback due to Punjab’s defeat. Iyer has now faced his first defeat after 8 consecutive wins in IPL. Last season, Iyer made KKR the champion under his captaincy. In IPL 2024, Iyer won 6 consecutive wins as captain and won the first 2 matches this season. However, in his third match, he could not maintain the winning streak.
