Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by four wickets to keep their slim play-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Chasing 188, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal slammed quick fifties, while Shimron Hetmyer struck 46 in just 28 deliveries and impact substitute Dhruv Jurel sealed the win for RR with a six with two balls to spare.
The win kept RR in the hunt but their fate also depends on the results of other matches.
PBKS, on the other hand, crashed out of the tournament.
Earlier PBKS posted a competitive 187 for five after being sent into bat.
PBKS lost wickets at regular intervals to slide to 53 for 4 at the end of the 7th over before Sam Curran with an unbeaten 49 and Jitesh Sharma hit a 29-ball-44 to add 64 runs for the fifth wicket and give some momentum to the innings.
Towards the end, Shahrukh Khan made a valuable 41 off 23 balls.Navdeep Saini was the pick of the bowlers for RR with a 3-fer, while Adam Zampa and Trent Boult picked up a wicket each.
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