PBKS vs RR Highlights, IPL 2022: Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by six wickets

Rajasthan Royals have their first win while chasing and their first win in three games. Padikkal's inability to get going brought some nervousness in the chase but Hetmyer was as effective as ever. This trend of winning a match and then losing one is not helping Punjab Kings at all. 

No extraordinary defences happening when Hetmyer is around. The first ball is wide and the second is sent soaring over long-on for a maximum. 

Rahul Chahar is the bowler. We saw Adam Milne defending 9 off the last over, will a repeat of that happen here? 

That's it for Padikkal's struggles. The brilliant Arshdeep Singh has got his second. A wide delivery outside off, probably one of the worst he has bowled, and he gets a wicket off that one. Padikkal swings for the offside, and hits it straight to Agarwal. 

Padikkal c Agarwal b Arshdeep 31 (32), RR 182/4 in 18.5 overs, need 8 to win off 7 balls

RR end 11 to win off the last two overs. That over may have just decided this game. Rabada has been hit for two fours and a six and his spell ends with figures of 1/50. 

And finally Padikkal gets it away. Short from Rabada and Padikkal pulls away for his second ball of the innings. RR have moved to 167/3, need 21 to win off 17. 

Devdutt Padikkal has simply not been able to get it away so far. He has scored just 19 runs in 23 balls. The pressure thats builtup almost leads to a disastrous run out as Hetmyer comes halfway down to the pitch to run a second off the last ball of the 16th over. Replays show that he had managed to make it. Padikkal needs to get a move on. 

There is the big wicket. Length delivery from Arshdeep outside off, Jaiswal goes down the ground but can't really go past Livingstone at the long on boundary. The partnership between Jaiswal and Padikkal ends on 56 off 37 balls, most of which was scored by the former.  

Jaiswal c Livingstone b Arshdeep 68 (41), RR 141/3 in 14.2 overs

Yashasvi Jaiswal is putting on a show here. He scoops Rishi Dhawan over the keeper's head for four off the fifth ball of the 13th and then drives a full delivery through covers. He had hit a four off the first ball of the over as well and so 14 have come off it. RR 127/2 in 13, need 63 to win from 42 balls. 

What a comeback this has been for the youngster. It has come in just 33 balls. He has led this aggressive approach that RR have shown ever since they came out for this chase. 

He ended the drought of boundaries with back to back fours off the first two balls of the 11th over. Jaiswal has been helped by the fact that Sandeep Sharma has strayed wide on a number of occassions today. 

RR are 95/2. They need 95 to to win off the last 10 overs. Nice little symmetry made there. There have been no boundaries in the last two overs since Samson fell and so RR would be looking to get a few here.  

The Dhawans combine to dismiss Samson. Length ball outside off from Rishi Dhawan, Samson skies a cut. Shikhar Dhawan goes backtracking from point before settling underneath it and taking a sharp catch.  

Samson c S Dhawan b R Dhawan 23 (12), RR 86/2 in 8.1 overs

Jaiswal ends the eighth with a six. The partnership between him and Samson is now on 39 off 24 balls and RR need 105 to win off 72 balls. Their required run rate is 8.75 but that doesn't matter for now because their current run rate is 10.62. 

Well this has been some start from RR. Jaiswal is on 21 off 12 while Samson has scored five runs in the two balls he faced thus far. 

20 runs and out! What a crazy over this is. Wide yorker that Buttler tries to scoop, miscues the shot completely and somehow sends it flat to short third man.  The five balls before this had gone 6, 4, 4, 2, 4. 

Buttler c Rajapaksa b Rabada 30 (16), RR 46/1 in 4 overs

Length ball from Rabada, Buttler gets a good base with both feet planted and absolutely launches that over square leg. That has gone high into the sky and settles just below the scorecard. 

Sandeep Sharma provides width and Jaiswal obliges. He hits a four off the third ball, a six off the next and ends the over with another four. 

“I got some low scores but it happens in T20s, I was batting in different position. Happy to be scoring again. It's okay (the pitch) it's not the best wicket you'll see here but you have to bowl well. You've to protect the short side. It's too hot for me, part and parcel of it. Jitesh is an exceptional player, picking a low full toss for a 100 metres is something we all want to do. It's great to have him low down the order. If we bowl well, we have a chance. Jos will be a key wicket.”

A good total in the end for Punjab Kings, now they just need to find a way to defend it against a team that have got almost as many big hitters as they do. The partnership between Livingstone and Jitesh produced 50 ruins in just 26 balls. 

The first three balls of the final over are sent to the boundary by Jitesh Sharma who has raced to 38 off 18 balls. He is only able to take a single off the fourth and screams in agony. 

And Prasidh Krishna now gets the big man. He has been bowling wide throughout the over and Livingstone expected more. He started to move and it was too late before he realised that Prasidh has sent in a yorker right on the base of middle stump. 

Livingstone b Prasidh Krishna 21 (15), PBKS 169/5 in 18.5 overs

Prasidh Krishna sends the fourth ball of the 19th wide outside off, as he has been doing throughout the over and Livingstone goes all the way accross and scoops it over his shoulder. 

That would've been a good over had it not been for Prasidh Krishna overstepping in the fourth delivery. Jitesh Sharma hits the resulting free hit and the next delivery for boundaries and then takes a single to finish the over. 

Is a Livingstone show loading? He ended the 16th over with a six down the ground. They need a big finish here as their total for now far away from is far away from being competitive. PBKS 132/4 in 16 overs