Rajasthan Royals have defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. Rajasthan won in the last over at Mullanpur ground. Rajasthan achieved the target of 223 runs in four balls. Punjab Kings had scored 222 runs after playing first. In reply, Rajasthan achieved the target with four balls to spare. Rajasthan had to score 72 runs in the last 6 overs to win. Four wickets had fallen. Then Donover Ferreira and Shubham Dubey did not let any wicket fall and chased the target with four balls remaining. Ferreira returned unbeaten on 52 runs in 26 balls and Shubham returned unbeaten on 31 runs in 12 balls. Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 51 runs in 27 balls and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 43 runs in 16 balls. Arshdeep Singh gave 68 runs in four overs. This is the first defeat of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026.
Rajasthan Royals have defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. This is the first defeat of the Punjab team in the IPL 2026 season. The Punjab team, playing at its home ground in New Chandigarh, could not defend the huge score of 222 runs. Rajasthan has made the biggest run chase on this ground. This was his third biggest run chase in the history of IPL.
In this match, after playing first, Punjab Kings scored 222 runs in 20 overs thanks to half-centuries of Marcus Stoinis and Prabhsimran Singh. In reply, Rajasthan Royals achieved the target in 19.2 overs. Donovan Ferreira led his team to victory by hitting a six.
