Punjab Kings set a target of 198 runs against Rajasthan, Shikhar Dhawan's explosive innings of 86 runs
Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and invited Punjab Kings to bat first. Punjab’s openers showed a great innings.
The 8th over of IPL 2023 is being played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson had planned to win the toss and chase the run. He chose to bowl, fielding the Punjab Kings to bat first. However, Punjab lost the toss and started with a bang. Both Punjab openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhasimran Singh scored half-centuries. Thus both of them started with a plan to rack up a big score and set a huge target. The Punjab team batted first and scored 197 runs with the loss of 4 wickets.
Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals are playing their second match of the season. Both the teams have registered a win in their first match of the season. Now they are fighting each other at the Baraspara Stadium in Guwahati, striving to win the second match. Rajasthan are playing the match at the stadium chosen as their second home ground.
Half a century of Shikhara-Prabhasimran
Punjab Kings got off to a great start by losing the toss. The pair of team skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhasimran Singh started with a bang. A partnership of 90 runs was recorded between the two. The play of both the openers had decided the direction of a huge score. Meanwhile, in the 10th over, Prabhasimran lost his wicket after scoring a half-century. He scored 60 runs off 34 balls. Prabhasimran hit 3 sixes and 7 fours. Jitesh Sharma provided good support to the captain. Jitesh scored 27 runs with 1 six and 2 fours. He faced 16 balls.
