Harpreet Brar claimed three wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Riyan Parag to help Punjab Kings bounce back from a tricky position and claim a 10-run win. The visitors survived an early onslaught from the RR openers as they smashed 76 runs off just 4.5 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a half-century off 24 balls, but he was dismissed right after that, and the momentum shifted away. Young Vaibhav Suryavanshi also scored a quickfire 40 to impress many. Dhruv Jurel was another Royals batter who did put up a fightback with a half-century but it was too late for them. Earlier, Nehal Wadhera put Punjab Kings on track with a solid half-century, while Shashank Singh provided the finishing touch as they posted 219/5 in 20 overs.
Harpreet Brar, Player of the Match, said, I am feeling really good. I would like to dedicate this award to my wife as it is my first after marriage. We practice a lot against the left handers, Ponting Sir has told us that a leftie can get a leftie out. I have worked on that, I knew they would come after me but I backed to bowl to my strengths. The way the wicket was playing and they were batting, the plan was to not give a boundary or give them an easy balls. I have been with Sunil (Joshi) Sir for a long time, I have learned a lot, he’s thought me on how to use the crease, how to read the batter and the wicket. After Chahal’s arrival I thought it would be easy to bowl with him, I didn’t get an opportunity at the start but cricket is a funny game, I always thought once I get an opportunity I will grab it.
Shreyas Iyer: The reason is the finger over here (pointing at his forefinger). I don’t know what has happened.