New Delhi, In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) on Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals (RR) lost to Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 5 wickets. This is his fourth consecutive defeat this season. Although it has made it to the playoffs, it has fallen off the track of victory in the last two weeks and is not able to find its rhythm till now. The Royals team had come here today to play at its second home, Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Here she won the toss and decided to bat first but was able to score only 144 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Punjab won the match by 5 wickets with 7 balls remaining.

Punjab captain Sam Curran, apart from taking 2 wickets, also scored unbeaten 63 runs in this match. In his bowling, he dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) and Dhruv Jurel (0). Apart from them, Riley Rosseau (22) and Jitesh Sharma (22) made good contributions. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma (17*) along with Sam led the team to victory.

Earlier, after winning the toss and opting to bat first, their batsman Riyan Parag (48) was able to reach this respectable score on the basis of an excellent innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal was bowled in the very first over of the match. After this, captain Samson (18) along with debutant Kohler Cadmore (18) tried to control the innings. But when Nathan Ellis dismissed Sanju, Cadmore also became the victim of Rahul Chahar.

After this, Riyan Parag along with Ravichandran Ashwin (28) took over the innings. But as soon as Arshdeep dismissed Ashwin, after this Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell (4) and Donovan Ferreria (7) were also out and the Rajasthan team could not recover from the pressure.

Coming to save the target of 145 runs, the Royals bowlers put good pressure on Punjab in the powerplay. Trent Boult and Avesh Khan gave him 3 big blows in the first 5 overs. When the team's total score was 48 runs, Yuzvendra Chahal trapped Jonny Bairstow (14) in his spin.

But from here, captain Sam Curran along with Jitesh Sharma (22) made an important partnership of 63 runs for the 5th wicket, which proved to be match winning. After Jitesh was out, the final work was completed by Ashtosh Sharma along with Karan.