Shubham Dubey and Donovan Ferreira mixed to outdo Marcus Stoinis’ gorgeous knock as Rajasthan Royals broke Punjab Kings’ unbeaten streak in IPL 2026 right here on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Tuesday.
The Royals wanted 72 runs within the final six overs and completed the 223-run chase with 4 balls to spare and 6 wickets in hand to register their sixth win of the season.
The pitch assisted the slower bowlers, and as soon as Yuzvendra Chahal and Harpreet Brar had completed their quota by the 14th over, Dubey and Ferreira acquired RR again within the recreation by making use of the tempo.
Whereas Dubey remained unbeaten on 31 off 12 balls, hitting three fours and two sixes, Ferreira slammed 56 not out off 26 deliveries, ending the match with a six.
Chahal eliminated Dhruv Jurel (16), Yashasvi Jaiswal (51), and Riyan Parag (29). On the identical time, Brar conceded solely 25 in his 4 overs to present Punjab management after RR openers as soon as once more displayed a fearless strategy to slam 84 within the PowerPlay.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi whipped 5 sixes en path to a 16-ball 43, exhibiting off his clean wrists and bat swing in entrance of a partisan dwelling crowd. Jaiswal additionally despatched the ball seven occasions to the fence and took the aerial route as soon as to place stress on the bowlers.
A powerful begin and a end made positive poor batting within the center overs didn’t damage the Royals later.
Earlier, Stoinis’ quickfire half-century late within the innings powered PBKS to an imposing complete.
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Stoinis made use of the bounce on provide and displayed his backfoot vary, hitting six maximums and 4 fours in his unbeaten 22-ball 62. The Australian slammed 24 off Brijesh Sharma within the last over after taking over Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger.
Prabhsimran Singh scored a 35-ball half-century to anchor Punjab’s innings within the first half, stuffed with authoritative strokes across the floor. He discovered ready help in cameos from Priyansh Arya’s 11-ball 29 and Cooper Connolly’s 30 off 14 balls.
Stoinis took over the hitting duties within the 14th over to make sure a classy end, however Royals had different plans to spoil the Kings social gathering.
Printed on Apr 28, 2026