Another fantastic game by the Rajasthan royals and continued dismal performance by the Punjab kept going in this match too.
Punjab batted first and the impressive play by the Adam Gilchrist and the Shaun march helped them to reach a score of 145 in 20 overs with loss of 6 wickets.
Both of them scored 42 and 77 respectively. But as the score was not too much to be chased, Rajasthan smoothly won this match.
Batting from Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson, both of them scored 59 and 47 runs, led Rajasthan to perfect win. They chased a total of 145 in 19 overs only, with loss of 2 wickets only.
Rajasthan: 147/2 (19.0 Ovs)
Punjab: 145/6 (20.0 Ovs)
Rajasthan won by 8 wkts
SAYING OF SOME PLAYERS:
Gilchrist: 'I thought Rajasthan bowlers worked out a method to bowl on that wicket. It was slower then normal, they took the sting out of our batting.
Dravid: 'Really proud of the boys. Very happy with the quality of cricket we have played. The way our bowlers came back in the back end was superb, we had a meeting about our profligacy in the death overs.