Punjab vs Rajasthan Match Stats

Bowled flatter and from around the stumps, drifting it into off and middle, Dhruv Jurel blocks it from the crease.

On a good length and sliding on from middle, worked away off the back foot through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Just over! Harpreet Brar throws this one wide of the off stump and Riyan Parag throws his hands at it but ends up slicing it over point. Liam Livingstone leaps up but the ball is just out of reach and runs away to the fence for a boundary.

Fuller in length and on the pads, worked away through mid-wicket for a run.

Short over middle, Dhruv Jurel with a short-arm jab down to wide long on for one more.

Cut away firmly! Just a fraction short and wide, Riyan Parag latches onto the width and slaps it off the back foot wide of deep point for a couple of runs. 49 needed now off 30 balls.

100 up for Rajasthan! Another 48 runs needed now.On a length and on off. Dhruv Jurel pushes it to long off for a single.

On a length and on middle, Riyan Parag plays with soft hands to mid-wicket for a single.

A bit more fine and he would have got a boundary. Length and outside off, Dhruv Jurel dabs it to short third man who misfields and allows a single.

DROPPED! Hands-on-head moment for Punjab. On a length and on middle, not short enough as Riyan Parag tries to pull. He hits it flat and to long on where Liam Livingstone dives forward but drops it. Needs to take there. 

Length ball on middle and leg. Dhruv Jurel turns it to deep square leg for a single.

Another chance goes down! This time it is Curran! Short of a length and on middle, holds  a bit as Riyan Parag chips it right over Curran's head. The skipper didn't adjust quickly and lets it roll through for a single. Six singles. Excellent over by Curran.

Short of a length and outside off. Riyan Parag swings across the line and misses. The keeper appeals but he was the only one apart from a few in the crowd who went up.

SIX! Edged it but this will relief some pressure. Bangs it short and on off. Riyan Parag pulls it gets a thick edge and it flies over third man for a biggie. 37 runs needed now.

 Riyan Parag living dangerously out there. A length ball, outside off. Riyan Parag tries to punch this time but edges it past the stumps and to fine leg. A good stop in the deep. Two.

OUT! TAKEN! This was on the cards for a long, long time. Right from the last over of Sam Curran! Arshdeep Singh bowls it into the pitch, short and on off. Riyan Parag pulls but gets a top edge to deep square leg. Kagiso Rabada has a long time to get under it and he does well to hold it in the deep. A twist in the game. This game is not yet over by any means and the home crowd is loving it.

On a length and on middle, Shimron Hetmyer eases it to long on for a single.

That is a beauty! An absolute beauty from Singh! Dhruv Jurel has taken it upstairs. There is daylight between the bat and the ball. Onto the ball tracking and it is pitching outside leg. So, so close! Short of a length and on middle and leg, it lands and just zips a touch late. Dhruv Jurel looks to defend but is cramped up. It whizzes past the outside edge to the keeper. Everyone thought there was an edge there but excellent review from Dhruv Jurel.

Fuller and outside off, Shimron Hetmyer pushes it to covers for a single. 

OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust! This time Dhruv Jurel has to go. Punjab are not giving up and are actually ahead in the game now. The Mullanpur crowd have found their noise here. Short of a length and around off, Dhruv Jurel pulls but without much conviction. Shashank Singh from deep square leg, runs in, covers a lot of ground and takes an excellent forward-diving catch.

A length ball, outside off. Rovman Powell taps it very late and wide of deep point for a couple of runs.

Angles a length ball on middle, Rovman Powell tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

FOUR! IN THE GAP! Two power hitters out there for Rajasthan! They have to see out this game. Short in length and on middle, Shimron Hetmyer gets low and heaves it. Threads the gap in the deep as mid-wicket and long on just watches it go in between.

SIX! BANG! Pin drop silence in the crowd. What a game this is turning out to be! In the arc for Shimron Hetmyer again, on leg and touch short. Shimron Hetmyer pulls it behind square on the leg side for a biggie. 20 runs are needed now off 12 balls.

FOUR! Rovman Powell bringing some Windies power to Mullanpur. Full and well out of the arc of Powell but the West Indian slams it to the left of long off. Jonny Bairstow dives but to no avail.

FOUR! Rovman Powell with another one. Full and wide of off again. Rovman Powell steps across and smashes it through covers and it races into the fence.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! He did edge that one! Bangs it short and well above Powell's head. This is angled across and Rovman Powell looks to pull this but cue ends it to the keeper who makes no mistake. Rajasthan need 12 runs off 9 balls with new batter on the crease.

A length ball, outside off, Keshav Maharaj guides it to third man for a single. Rajasthan need to calm themselves here. They are close but Sam Curran will be looking for Shimron Hetmyer's wicket in the last two balls. 

This is full and on middle, Shimron Hetmyer flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

OUT! GONE! Shimron Hetmyer might have just told Keshav Maharaj to try and go big. Maybe use this as a free hit. This is full and outside off but he holes out. Keshav Maharaj hits it hard but flat to long on where Liam Livingstone takes it. How important and impactful Ravichandran Ashwin used to be for Rajasthan at this kind of stage? He must be just hoping now for a victory watching from the dugout.

A DOT TO START! Mullanpur crowd pumping Arshdeep Singh here. Very full and outside off, A wide yorker actually. Shimron Hetmyer swings hard but misses. 10 runs needed in 5.

DOT AGAIN! 10 needed in 4 now. A widish yorker again, under pressure by Arshdeep Singh but nails the length. Shimron Hetmyer looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

SIX! Misses his length by A LOT! Pitches it up, on off. Shimron Hetmyer just tonks it down to long on and it goes flat for a maximum. One hit away now. 

TWO MORE! Two runs needed in two. Short of a length and outside off. Shimron Hetmyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket. Sam Curran runs to his left from long on, a slight fumble and the batters take two. 

SIX! Shimron Hetmyer has done it. The pressure got big on Arshdeep Singh here. A full toss on the hips and Shimron Hetmyer just whacks it behind square leg for a biggie. Rajasthan vs Punjab always delivers! Always, always delivers. Rajasthan win by 3 wickets.