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PBKS vs RR: Rajasthan Royals stopped the victory chariot of Punjab Kings, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Donovan Ferreira scored stormy half-centuries.

By Samira Vishwas

PBKS vs RR: In the 40th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings have been defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets. This is the first defeat of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026. In this match played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh, Punjab Kings, batting first after losing the toss, scored 222 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals achieved the target of 223 runs by scoring 228 runs for 4 wickets in 19.2 overs and won the match by six wickets. In this match, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Donovan Ferreira played brilliant half-century innings for Rajasthan.

Yashasvi and Suryavanshi gave a bang

Vaibhav Suryavanshi started the innings first for Rajasthan Royals. Played an explosive inning of 43 runs in 16 balls. He hit 3 fours and 5 sixes during this innings. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century. Yashasvi played a half-century inning of 51 runs in 27 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Team captain Riyan Parag returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs.

Donovan Ferreira played a stormy innings

After this, Donovan Ferreira took the responsibility of victory on his shoulders and led his team to victory by scoring a stormy half-century. Donovan Ferreira played a stormy half-century of 52 runs in 26 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 200.00. He was supported by Shubham Dubey, who came to the crease as an impact player, who contributed 31 runs with 3 fours and 2 sixes in 12 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets for Punjab.

Prabhsimran and Stoinis scored half-centuries

Earlier, Prabhsimran Singh and Marcus Stoinis played half-century innings for Punjab Kings. For the team, Prabhasimran Singh played a brilliant half-century of 59 runs in 44 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. He was dismissed by Yash Raj Punja. Stoinis played an unbeaten inning of 62 runs in 22 balls with 4 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. For Rajasthan Royals, Yash Raj Punja took 2 wickets and Jofra Archer and Nandre Berger took 1 wicket each.

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