PBKS vs RR Highlights, IPL 2026: After Sooryavanshi-Jaiswal, Ferreira-Shubham help Rajasthan Royals hand Punjab Kings their first loss

"224 was a brilliant score. It was an exceptional performance on a tacky surface. We fell short with our bowling. This is a format where a lot of players have changed the game. It's all about execution. Today wasn't our day. It's important that we stick to the things we've been doing. The body was also a bit fatigued, but that can't be the reason. This is our first loss of the season, definitely teaches us a lot. We just have to push it aside. In retrospect many things could have happened. It was difficult to score off the spinners. Hats off to Harpreet Brar for the way he bowled in the first match."

Ferguson to bowl the penultimate over. 18 needed off 12. Four to start the over. Slower one, easy pickings for Ferreira this time as he slaps it at mid-off. Huge six to follow from Ferreira. Another pace off delivery and he dispatches it atleast 20 rows behind deep mid-wicket. A top edge fetch another four for Ferreira as RR are just moments away to hand PBKS their first loss of the season.

RR: 221/4 in 19 overs

Lockie Ferguson now in the attack. He bowls three dots against Ferreira who swung and missed on two occasions. Shubman Dubey got a boundary but Ferguson has pulled the game back, giving only 8 from his over. 35 needed off last 3 now.

RR: 188/4 in 17 overs

Arshdeep Singh with his third over. Lucky boundary for Ferreira as a low-full from Arsh races away to fence after making a contact with the toe end of the bat. Shubham Dubey flicks the ball on leg fine and a diving Chahal could not save it. Ferreira ends the over with another boundary. Expensive over from Arshdeep.

RR: 165/4 in 15 overs

Punjab Kings have a firm grip in this game even after Sooryavanshi's blitzkreig and Jaiswal's composed yet quick fifty. It's because they have dismissed the in-form top order and the middle-order of Rajasthan may lack experience and composure.

Marco Jansen back into the attack. With the rising required rate, Ferreira gets a much-needed boundary. 8 off the over.

RR: 139/3 in 13 overs

Harpreet Brar with his final over. Parag switch-hits him for a maximum as Rajasthan take 9 off his last over.

RR: 118/2 in 11 overs

Harpreet Brar with his third over. Just four singles from his five deliveries before Jaiswal finally manages a boundary, a first in 17 balls to take RR past 100.

RR: 103/1 in 9 overs

Harpreet Brar bowls another good over, limiting the batters to singles and doubles as only six come from his second over.

RR: 90/1 in 7 overs

Harpreet Brar, the impact player who came in place of Priyansh Arya, is into the attack. A top class over from the left-arm off-spinner as just two runs come from it.

RR: 68/2 in 5 overs

Marco Jansen replaces Arshdeep Singh. Jaiswal starts the over with a four. Shifts weight and plays a cut shot towards point. A single puts Sooryavanshi on strike who smokes another six, dispatching it over deep mid-wicket. 12 from the third over.

RR: 44/0 in 3 overs

Jasiwal gets off the mark with a single straightaway. Arshdeep is getting the ball to move. He bowls two outswingers, full and in the middle to Vaibahv Sooryavanshi and the batter has negotiated well till now. And here we go, the first six of the RR innings. Inswinger from Arhs this time, a little bit of room for the 15-year-old and it's enough for him to swing his bat hard and slam a six over deep backward square-leg fence. And four more for Sooryavanshi. He flicks the full ball in middle and the ball races away to the fence. Another four for the teenager, his third in a row, this time to off side.

RR: 15/0 in 1 over

Brijesh Sharma to bowl the final over of the innings. He starts with a dot delivery, bowling away from Stoinis on off. He makes an error by bowling on legs and Stoinis flicks it for a four, taking PBKS past 200. A full toss from Brijesh and Stoinis pumps it for a six,. And another maximum for Stoinis as he gets to his fifty in a flash in just 20 deliveries. Stoinis just undoes all of Brijesh's good work of the first three overs. Four more! Fourth back-to-back boundary for Stoinis and what an innings he has been playing. Slams it over extra cover this time. WOW. And make it five boundaries in a row as he slams another four, taking 24 off the last over of the innings.

PBKS: 222/4 in 20 overs

An expensive Nandre Burger to finish his overs. The South African continues to remain expensive for RR as Stoinis muscles it, smoking the pitched-up delivery over long-on for a SIX. He then follows up with a four through mid-wicket. Some respite for Burger as he dismissed Shreyas Iyer off his final delivery of the spell. Iyer looked to go bit but a change of pace did the trick for Burger as PBKS skipper ended up skying the ball and was caught by keeper Jurel.

Shreyas Iyer c Dhruv Jurel b Nandre Burger 30(27)

PBKS: 181/4 in 18 overs

After Jadeja, Yash Raj Punja finishes his quota as well. It was a top over from the leggie who leaked only four runs from the first five balls before Marcus Stoinis ended the over with a maximum.

PBKS: 160/3 in 16 overs

Yash Raj Punja is back into the attack. Shreyas Iyer search for his first boundary finally ended in this over after he dispatched one over deep mid-wicket for a six. Yash Raj strikes instantly! Dismisses set-batter Prabh with a genuine leg-spin away from the batter.

Prabhsimran Singh c Riyan Parag b Yash Raj Punja 59(44)

PBKS: 144/3 in 14 overs

Third over for Ravindra Jadeja. A couple of singles to start the over. Prabh gets to his half-century with a single. His 11th in IPL. 9 from this over.

PBKS: 127/2 in 12 overs

Ravindra Jadeja continues. After the 15-run over, Jadeja made quick amends to avoid being hit for any boundaries in this over. Four singles and a two make it a six-run over.

PBKS: 107/2 in 10 overs

Rajasthan are desperately looking for a breakthrough before the partnership becomes way too hot to handle and for that, Ravindra Jadeja has been brought into the attack. Jadeja starts well, giving three singles and a two off his four deliveries but Cooper Connolly ruins all the good work of Jadeja but slamming a couple of boundaries and taking off 10 from the last two deliveries.

PBKS: 95/1 in 8 overs

Nandre Burger with his third over. Prabhsimran welcomes him with a SIX, punishing a poor down the leg line, flicking it with ease. Burger ended the over with a four before Burger leaked three singles. Another good PowerPlay for Punjab, 65 coming off it.

PBKS: 65/1 in 6 overs

Cooper Conolly joins Prabhsimran. Nandre Burger with his second over. Prabh continues to attack and gets most of the field in the PowerPlay. He slaps the full ball down the ground before pulling the following delivery over mid-wicket. 9 off the over.

PBKS: 48/1 in 4 overs

Left-arm pacer Nandre Burger into the attack from the other end, and he has been treated well by in-form Priyansh Arya, who started with a two, then slammed a four and made the over even better by hitting a six over extra cover. More runs for Punjab. Short and wide on off, Arya flays it square and gets his third straight boundary. Make it four in a row as a thick outside edge flies over the fly slip. A misfield-led single to end the over. Arya is off to a blazing start; nothing surprising here. 21 off Burger's first over.

PBKS: 29/0 in 2 overs

Punjab openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsiman Singh are in the middle and off we start. Jofra Archer to start the proceedings for Rajasthan.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Cooper Connolly, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Riyan Parag: We'll be bowling first. Looks like a pretty good wicket, but there was a little cloud cover and little shower as well, so a little bit of moisture in the start, so we're trying to extract that, get a few early wickets, and yeah, hopefully chase it down. Two changes. Hetmyer sits out, Shanaka comes in. Yash comes in for Bishnoi.

Shreyas Iyer: We would have loved to bowl as well. The wicket was covered for a couple of days. Suryansh Shedge and Lockie come in. All the individuals have certain goals. So far it's going well. I want to share condolences to Azmat and his family.

Punjab Kings - Stat - Rajasthan Royals

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“Yeah, I think he’s my new favourite player. He hits the ball so hard, and it’s great to watch. It’s good fun. You’ve got to be right on the money as a bowler, because if you’re not, it’s going a long way. He’s impressive. He’s had a great start to his career. I like the way he plays,” Pat Cummins said after SRH vs RR game.

Pujara, on Star Sports ‘Game Plan’, said that Arshdeep will need to keep the ball at a specific line and length and try to move it away from the left-handed Sooryavanshi to trouble him.

“Arshdeep, I think he, being a left-arm seamer, will come over the stumps for Vaibhav. He will have to ensure that he bowls that middle and off stump plan, where the ball is going away from him. We have seen that when Moshin was bowling against Vaibhav, he got that success against him. Arshdeep will have to do a similar thing,” said Pujara.

“When I had my back injury, some people said I would never be the same again. I asked myself, ‘why can’t I be?’ The way you shape your mindset after an injury is important. You choose what to focus on and what to ignore,” Iyer said on JioHotstar’s ‘Believe’.

“People said I would never fix my short-ball problem. That triggered me. I wanted to prove them wrong by performing well, so I worked hard on it. Earlier, I would just take a single or try to keep the ball down, but now my mindset has changed. If I see a short ball in my zone, I am going to hit it for a six. I work with Pravin Amre; I have been with him since I was young. I also talk to coaches like Abhishek Nayar. We share ideas,” said Iyer.

Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma/Sandeep Sharma