New Delhi: Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh hit a fluent half -century, while left -arm spinner Harpreet Brar took three important wickets, as Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs on Sunday and sealed a place on Sunday. IPL 2025 Playoff.Jeet took Punjab to level with Royal Challengers Bangalore for 17 points – but RCB finished second for better net run rate.PBKS, leading in his debut season with franchise, Shreyas Iyer named his name as the first player to captain three separate teams in the playoffs in the IPL record books. He first led Delhi Capital in 2019 and 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024, before repeating the tricks with Punjab this season.
Overall, Iyer is the only fifth player to lead three separate IPL franchises, who are involved in the choice of Steve Smith (Rajasthan Royals, Pune Warriors) and Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Superbers, Kolkata Knight Riders).
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Among them, only Iyer and Sangakkara have led the three sides on a full -time basis.Batting first, Punjab piled up a difficult 219 for 5, which was run by Vadera’s Blistering 70 to 37 balls, Shashank’s unbeaten 59, and an easy 30 from Captain Iyer.In response, Rajasthan came to blame all the guns, with openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (50) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (40) added 76 runs in just 4.5 overs. But Brar (3/22) gave success by removing Suryavanshi in the fifth over, leading to a stable decline of wickets. The RR eventually ended at 209 for 7, a high scoring thriller just fell.Punjab Kings will now take Delhi Capital and Mumbai Indians to their last two league matches on May 26 on 24 May.
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