Currently, the best match of the Indian Premier League 2024 is being played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in Guwahati. Both the teams would like to win this match. In this match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bat first.

Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 144 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan did not have such a good start in this match and they lost three important wickets for 42 runs within 8 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to bat well against Punjab and was out after scoring four runs. Tom Kohler-Cadmore played a slow inning of 18 runs against Punjab while captain Sanju Samson was also out after scoring 18 runs.

However, Riyan Parag batted very well for Rajasthan Royals and scored 48 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours. It was because of this batting of Riyan Parag that Rajasthan Royals were able to reach a respectable score against Punjab. Apart from Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin made an important contribution of 18 runs. Trent Boult scored 12 runs.

For Punjab Kings, Harshal Patel took two wickets for 28 runs in four overs while Rahul Chahar took 2 wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Captain Sam Curran also took two wickets. Nathan Ellis and Arshdeep Singh took one wicket each.

Punjab Kings will have to score 145 runs in 20 overs to win the match against Rajasthan.

If Punjab Kings want to win the match against Rajasthan Royals, they will have to score 145 runs in 20 overs. Rajasthan has scored very low against Delhi but their bowlers can bowl well in this match and play an important role in their team’s victory. However, Punjab Kings batsmen are in very good form at the moment and they would definitely like to achieve this target.

Till now Punjab Kings are far ahead in this match and they would like to maintain the same pressure in batting also. Now it remains to be seen whether Punjab Kings can chase 145 runs or Rajasthan Royals will win this match?