Cricket Highlights, 21 Sept: IPL 2021 (Match 32)

The IPL 2021 is resumed and the 32nd match of the tournament between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals rolled on the field yesterday. Continue reading the article to know about the exciting happenings of the game.

IPL 2021 – Match 32 (Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals)

In the 32nd match of IPL 2021 at the Dubai International Stadium, Rajasthan Royals got a breathtaking 2-run victory over Punjab Kings in the last over. Winning the toss, RR elected to bat first on the day. Losing all their wickets in the allotted 20 overs, the team collected a huge score of 185 runs.

Yashasvi Jaiswal made the highest score of 49 runs for RR. Besides, Mahipal Lomror (43 off 17 balls) and Evin Lewis (36 off 21 balls) played two devastating innings. For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh took the maximum number of 5 wickets and Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets.

PBKS openers KL Rahul (49) and Mayank Agarwal (67) put on a 120-run opening stand to chase a challenging target of 186 runs. After the departure of the two of them, Aiden Markram (26*) and Nicholas Pooran (32) put on 57 runs for the third wicket to take the team close to victory but could not win in the end.

In the last 2 overs, PBKS needed 8 runs with 8 wickets in hand to win. Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman conceded only 4 runs in the 19th over. In the last over, Kartik Tyagi gave only 1 run with picking up two wickets. As a result, RR got an incredible victory of 2 runs.

After winning this match, RR has taken fifth place in the points table. On the other hand, after losing, PBKS is in the seventh position in the points table.

Scoreboard:
Rajasthan Royals – 185/10 (20.0)
Punjab Kings – 183/4 (20.0)
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs
Player of the match – Kartik Tyagi

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