Rajasthan vs Punjab Match Stats

FOUR! Easily done. Boult serves it on a length, angling down leg. Sam Curran swivels and whips it towards fine leg for four runs.

Fuller one on the pads. Sam Curran clips it to square leg for one.

Back of a length, outside off. Sharma tucks it to mid-wicket for no run.

Good length, angled into the body. Sharma pulls it to deep square leg off the inner half. One taken.

On a fuller length, outside off. Curran flicks it into the leg side for a single.

An 8 run over comes to an end here. It is full, outside off. Sharma dabs it to deep third for one.

Floated and full, around off. This one holds in the surface. Jitesh Sharma defends it out off the top-half of the blade.

SIX! BANG! It is flighted and full, on off. Jitesh Sharma gets down on one knee and slogs it powerfully over the wide long on fence for a maximum.

A single now as Jitesh Sharma knocks this full ball to mid on.

SIX! WHAT A SHOT! 100 up for Punjab in fine fashion. It is pushed through quicker and full, outside off. Curran dances down the track and goes inside out over wide long off for a huge hit.

Fuller one, on off, blocked out.

A single now as Curran works this full ball down the ground.

Sees the batter advance and drops the length back, it is slower as well, on leg, Sam Curran waits on it and tucks it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. Curran loses his footing while stretching to make his ground at the batting end. He looks fine to continue though.

WIDE! Chahal is lucky, very lucky to get away with it! A real rank-hop, down leg, there to be put away, Sam Curran gets inside the line and swings but fails to connect. Sanju Samson moves around quickly and dives low to his right to make the stop.

FOUR! Sam Curran does not miss out this time! Way too short again and width on offer on off, Sam Curran reaches out and slaps it in front of square on the off side for a boundary.

Floats it up and bowls it slower as well, on middle and leg, Sam Curran advances and nudges it to mid-wicket for one.

OUT! TAKEN! 'Catch it' is the call and Riyan Parag takes it! Jitesh Sharma tries to take Chahal on but it does not quite come off for him. Chahal bowls it full and straight, on middle and leg, Jitesh Sharma clears his front leg and shapes up for the down town. He plays for the ball turning away from him but this goes straight and catches the inner half of the bat. It goes flat and straight down the throat of long on where the local boy, Riyan Parag runs in and takes the catch near his knees. A timely breakthrough for Rajasthan.

Flighted delivery, full and a hint of away turn, on off, Ashutosh Sharma gets his bat out in front and defends it on the off side.

Ashutosh shows his cards a bit early as he uses his feet. Chahal fires it on the pads and Ashutosh tucks it through square leg and gets off the mark with a single. A wicket and 9 runs off it, a potentially game-changing over from Chahal.

A direct throw and Sam Curran was struggling! Avesh bowls it on a hard length, on off, Ashutosh Sharma dabs it to the right of backward point and sets off for the run. Yashasvi Jaiswal gets a good bounce and fires in a throw at the batting end. He fails to hit the stumps, allowing Curran to get in safely.

Hurls it on a hard length ag ain, on off, Sam Curran gets on his toes and steers it to backward point. Ashutosh Sharma wants a single but gets sent back by his partner.

Lands it on a good length, on off, Sam Curran drives it on the up and a bit aerially but in front of mid off for one.

Continues to hit the deck hard does Avesh, outside off, Ashutosh Sharma uses the pace and runs it down to deep third for one more run. 3 runs off the first 4 balls. Can Avesh get out of the over here?

In the air... and it just about evades the bowler! Bangs it on a back of a length, over middle, the ball sticks in the surface and Sam Curran closes the bat face to work it across the line. Gets a leading edge that goes past the outstretched right hand of Avesh. They cross. 

FOUR! Ashutosh Sharma gives Punjab the boundary they were after! Sanju Samson's reaction says it all. A boundary off the last ball spoils what was turning out to be an absolutely brilliant over from Avesh. Avesh takes pace off and goes into the wicket, errs in line though as he offers width on off, Ashutosh Sharma hops back and waits for the ball to arrive. Ramps it over the keeper and finds the fence. 8 runs off the over and Punjab now need 25 runs from the last 3 overs.

Rolls his fingers over the ball and keeps it away from the arc of the batter, full in length, Sam Curran reaches out and creams it to deep cover for a single.

Pulls his length back but offers no real pace, on middle and leg, Ashutosh Sharma uses his feet and drops it beside the pitch on the leg side for one.

FIFTY FOR SAM CURRAN! A captain's innings from the English all-rounder and he has led the recovery for his side after a shaky start. The job is not over though and Curran knows it, just a raise of the bat from him. Into the deck, around off, Sam Curran drags the pull to long on for a single.

Nails the yorker, at the base of the stumps, Ashutosh Sharma gets his bat down in time and jams it out to the right of the bowler.

Full and angling in, around off, Ashutosh Sharma drills it down to long off. Just like the previous over, 4 runs off the first 5 balls. Will it have the same finish?

SIX! BANG! Sam Curran finishes the over in the best possible fashion! Another over that was going well for Rajasthan but ended in a heartbreaking fashion. Sandeep digs it in short, over middle, not short enough for the batter, Sam Curran dispatches the pull over deep square leg for a maximum. 15 runs needed off the last 2 overs.

Bowls it on a shortish length, on off, Ashutosh Sharma stays deep in his crease and throws his hands at it. Gets a thickish outside edge that goes over backward point. A single taken.

SIX! BOOM! Stand and deliver stuff from the Punjab skipper! Avesh bowls it on a back of a length, over middle, Sam Curran is unfazed by the length. Holds his shape and tonks it over wide long on for half a dozen. Punjab nearly there. Just 8 needed off 10.

Serves it on a yorker length, on middle, Sam Curran squeezes it out to long on and rotates the strike.

SIX! That's what Ashutosh Sharma can do! This has gone many a mile. Angling in, on a good length, honing in at the stumps, Ashutosh Sharma clears his front leg and picks the bones out of that. Deposits it way over wide long on for a maximum. Scores level now.

Punjab get the job done! Rajasthan slump to their fourth successive defeat. Avesh bends his back and serves a bumper, around leg, Ashutosh Sharma is early into the pull shot. Toe-ends it behind square on the leg side and that will do for Punjab as the batters cross. Punjab win this encounter with 7 balls to spare and lift themselves off the bottom.