Rajasthan Royals were defeated by Punjab Kings by five wickets. This is Rajasthan's fourth defeat in a row. Despite this defeat, Rajasthan remains at the second position in the points table with 16 points. Rajasthan has already qualified for the playoffs. But to get into the top two, they have to win the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). For the first time in the IPL, KKR will finish the league stage by topping the table.

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In today's match against Punjab, Rajasthan scored 144 for 9 in 20 overs on the strength of Ryan Parag's 48 off 34 balls with the help of 6 fours. Captain Sam Karan, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar took 2 wickets each for Punjab. Chasing the challenge of 145 runs, Punjab won with 7 balls and 5 wickets on the strength of Sam Karan's unbeaten 63 off 41 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Ashutosh Sharma remained unbeaten on 17 off 11 balls for Punjab. Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets each for Rajasthan.

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Second place in the table is Rajasthan –

Rajasthan is in second position with 16 points from 13 matches with 8 wins and 5 losses. While Punjab is at the ninth position with 5 wins and 8 losses in 13 matches. Rajasthan's last league match is against table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). While Punjab is facing Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Punjab captain Sam Karan gave an all-round performance in this match and took 2 wickets to give Rajasthan an early shock. After that, after Punjab's batting was messed up, he scored a half-century to give Punjab the win.

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Punjab captain Sam Karan and vice-captain Jitesh Sharma put on a partnership of 63 runs to save Punjab's innings. Jitesh Sharma contributed 22 runs. Sam Karan was followed by Ashutosh Sharma's unbeaten 17 to seal the victory.

After four leading Punjab batsmen were dismissed in the first five overs, the match was tilted in favor of Rajasthan. But Sam Curran played a fitting knock for the captain and opened the match with a knock of 63 runs. Sam Curran was awarded the man of the match award.