What did Iyer say after the defeat?
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer on Saturday admitted after a 50 -run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match here on Saturday that he could not perform as per the strategy. India’s emerging star Yashaswi Jaiswal (67 runs) returned to the form on time and showed amazing with the bat, after which Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 50 runs with a brilliant bowling of Jofra Archer (three wickets for 25 runs).
Bowlers looted run- Iyer
After the match, Iyer said, ‘We wanted to stop him till 180–185 runs as we could achieve this goal. But we gave some extra runs. He said, ‘We could not perform according to our plans. This defeat is received at the beginning of the session. Iyer said, ‘We could make good partnerships but we started playing more aggressively. Will learn a lot from this match.
The first defeat of the season suffered
Yashasvi Jaiswal (67 runs) returned to the form on time and showed amazing with the bat, after which Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 50 runs with a superb bowling of Jofra Archer (three wickets for 25 runs). This is the second win of Rajasthan Royals, which defeated Chennai Super Kings in the last match, while Punjab Kings suffered their first defeat in three matches.
Jaiswal could have scored only one, 29 and four runs in three matches so far. But this 23 -year -old returned to the form, scoring three fours and five sixes in 44 balls, making Rajasthan Royals scored a score of 205 runs for four wickets. Jaiswal and captain Sanju Samson (38 off 26 balls), after Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer’s decision to bowl, shared an 89 -run partnership for the first wicket and gave the best start of this session of Rajasthan Royals, while the start of Punjab Kings was very bad, which lost the wickets of Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer in the first over.