PBKS Vs RR, IPL 2026: Dubey, Ferreira's Death Over Blitz Hand Punjab Kings Their First Defeat Of Season
Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match at the Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, April 28. Invited to bat, opener Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 up front while Marcus Stoinis provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 62 off 22 balls as Punjab Kings posted 222 for 4. The Royals then put up a collective batting effort to overhaul the target with four balls to spare. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 43 runs in 16 balls to give them the start which was taken forward by Yashasvi Jaiswal's 51. After a slowdown in the middle overs, Shubham Dubey (31) and Donovan Ferreira (52) stayed unbeaten to take RR over the finishing line. With this, PBKS' unbeaten streak in this season came to an end.
Punjab Kings' co-owner Preity Zinta gestures after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Punjab Kings' Priyansh Arya plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer, centre, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Punjab Kings' Priyansh Arya during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' Prabhsimran Singh plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Punjab Kings' Prabhsimran Singh, left, and his batting partner Cooper Connolly celebrates scoring runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' Cooper Connolly plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' Prabhsimran Singh, left, celebrates his fifty runs as Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer looks on during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India, Tuesday, April 28, 2026.() | Photo: AP
Rajasthan Royals' Yashraj Punja, left, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Punjab Kings' Cooper Connolly during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' Marcus Stoinis plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo; AP
Punjab Kings' Marcus Stoinis, left, celebrates his fifty runs with his batting partner Suryansh Shedge during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits a six during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' co-owner Preity Zinta during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Punjab Kings' Arshdeep Singh, centre, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal, right, and Dhruv Jurel interact between the wickets during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Mullanpur. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Punjab Kings' Yuzvendra Chahal, right, and Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Punjab Kings' Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' captain Riyan Parag during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
Rajasthan Royals' Donovan Ferreira hits a six during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India, Tuesday, April 28, 2026.() | Photo: AP
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