The Punjab Kings secured 1 10-run victory in the IPL 2025 game against Rajasthan Royals played on May 18 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

They stormed into the top four, securing a second spot in the IPL 2025 Points table. After an impressive batting display, they went on to defend their 219 runs, claiming their 8th victory of the season.

Batting first, Punjab Kings lost the wickets of the top order within the powerplay. Tushar Deshpande bagged the wickets of openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran, while Kwena Maphaka bagged the wicket of Mitch Owen for a duck.

With Prabhsimran’s dismissal in the fourth over, they went on to lose three wickets for 34 runs. However, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera went on to stabilise the innings.

But Riyan Parag went on to bag the wicket of Shreyas Iyer for 30 runs, while Wadhera went on to score 70 runs before being dismissed by Akash Madhwal.

with Shashank Singh’s 59* and Azmatullah’s 21*, Punjab went on to post a high target against Rajasthan.

Chasing the target of 220 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the innings where they went on for a fiery start. They went on to score 76 runs for the first wicket in the powerplay.

Suryavanshi went on to score 40 runs off 15 deliveries before being dismissed by Harpreet Brar in the fifth over. Samson who joined Jaiswal helped the side to cross 100 run mark in the 9th over.

But they lost the wicket of Jaiswal for 50 runs to Harpreet Brar. After the dismissal of openers, Rajasthan Royals line up started to crumble with Samson, Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer lost their wickets cheaply.

However, Dhruv Jurel stabilised the innings before his dimissal scoring 53 runs off 31 deliveries. By the end of the 20 over, Rajasthan Royals scored 209 runs for 7 wickets.

Harpreet Brar picked three wickets while Azmatullah and Marco Jansen picked two wickets each.