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. 

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Rajasthan Royals' Donovan Ferreira, right, and Rajasthan Royals' Shubham Dubey, second from left, celebrates after they won the Indian Premier League cricket match against Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP
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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
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