A superb last over by Rajasthan Royals bowler Karthik Tyagi who kept his cool, enabled RR to beat Punkab Kings by 2 runs in Match No 32 of IPL 2021.
Last Over Victory
Punjab needed just four runs in the final over to win the game, but couldn’t convert despite being in a strong position with only 4 wickets down. Tyagi, the star of the match, managed to take two wickets and give away just one run in his final over spell. While RR fans were ecstatic over their team’s nail-biting win, PBKS supporters were left shocked by the turn of events in the last over.
IPL 2021 – Points Table (after match 32)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | NRR | Points | |
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CSK | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.03 | 12 | |
DC | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.547 | 12 | |
RCB | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -0.706 | 10 | |
MI | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -0.071 | 8 | |
RR | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -0.154 | 8 | |
KKR | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.11 | 6 | |
PBKS | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -0.345 | 6 | |
SRH | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -0.42 | 2 |
KL Rahul’s Personal Milestone
KL Rahul who is playing for Punkab Kings, enjoyed personal milestone when he became the second fastest batter in IPL to reach 3,000 runs and the fastest Indian to do so. Rahul, who reached the milestone of 3,000 IPL runs in 80 innings, was only second to Chris Gayle in the list, who achieved the feat in 75 innings. Rahul scored 49 runs off 33 deliveries in their shocking loss to Rajasthan Royals.