🏏IPL 2025 - Match 59: PBKS vs RR on 18th May 2025 at SMS, Jaipur🏏 - Page 12

IPL khatam hone ko aaya hai par players ki dhoka Dene ki aadat gayi nahin

Originally posted by: SlatePencil

IPL khatam hone ko aaya hai par players ki dhoka Dene ki aadat gayi nahin

Who did u choose?

Despite losing their top three inside four overs, Punjab Kings have posted 219 on the board after opting to bat. Tushar Deshpande removed both the openers and Mitchell Owen departed for a duck. At 34/3, Nehal Wadhera and Shreyas Iyer joined hands. Not only did they steady the ship but they also scored at a brisk rate to put the RR bowlers under pressure. Riyan Parag borke that stand as Shreyas holed out for 30. However, there were a couple more half-ton partnerships. Wadhera top-scored with a 37-ball 70, Shashank Singh played a gem - an unbeaten 59 and there was a cameo from Azmatullah as well. Superb batting performance from Punjab and they were helped by some sloppy fielding and poor bowling strategies by RR. Join us in a bit for the reply....

200-plus first innings totals in IPL matches in Jaipur

219/5 - PBKS vs RR, 2025

217/2 - MI vs RR, 2025

214/2 - RR vs SRH, 2023 (chased down)

209/4 - GT vs RR, 2025 (chased down)

202/5 - RR vs CSK, 2023

Highest totals after being 3 down for < 35 in an IPL innings

219/5 - PBKS vs RR, Jaipur, 2025

213/9 - LSG vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023

211/9 - DC vs LSG, Visakhapatnam, 2025

208/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2024

205/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2023

Updated: RR have dropped 23 catches this season so far (the most), their catching efficiency of 66.6% also being the lowest.

PBKS middle-order (No.4 to 7) aggregated 180 runs between them today, the most in an IPL innings ever, surpassing 174 (ft. Ishan Kishan 99, Kieron Pollard 60*) by MI vs RCB in a tied finish in Dubai in 2020.

Fazalhaq Farooqi in IPL 2025: 5 matches, 0/210 in 17 overs (ER: 12.35)

Between 01 Jan 2024 and the start of IPL 2025, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in Men’s T20s alongside Wanindu Hasaranga (89).

Why is Shashank the captain?

Highest totals after being 3 down for < 35 in an IPL innings
219/5 - PBKS vs RR, Jaipur, 2025
213/9 - LSG vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023
211/9 - DC vs LSG, Visakhapatnam, 2025
208/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2024
205/7 - KKR vs SRH, Kolkata, 2023

200-plus first innings totals in IPL matches in Jaipur
219/5 - PBKS vs RR, 2025
217/2 - MI vs RR, 2025
214/2 - RR vs SRH, 2023 (chased down)
209/4 - GT vs RR, 2025 (chased down)
202/5 - RR vs CSK, 2023