Punjab vs Rajasthan, Live Score, Match 40, Indian Premier League, 2026

Yash Punja to Prabhsimran Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Punja gets a massive wicket for his side. He tosses up the leggie, full and outside off, turning it away as well. Prabhsimran Singh skips down the track to go for the big shot, but this is away from his arc, and he has to reach out for it. He goes through with the shot but only manages a top edge that goes high in the air towards cover, where Riyan Parag settles under it and pouches it safely. End of another great knock from Singh, and PBKS are 144/3.

Jofra Archer to Priyansh Arya, OUT! CAUGHT! Jofra Archer finally has his man. Fuller and attacking the stumps. Arya gets his hands out in front and swings through the line. His weight stays on the back foot and gets it right off the bottom part of the blade. It is skied to mid on. Nandre Burger takes a few steps in and bends to take a safe catch around his waist.

Yash Punja to Cooper Connolly, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Punja removes the dangerous-looking Cooper Connolly. Wrong'un, around off, Connolly sinks to a knee and goes through with a lofted stroke. Ends up miscuing this off the cue end towards the long off region. Donovan Ferreira settles himself underneath it and takes it reverse cup over his head to send Cooper Connolly back. 

Nandre Burger to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Nandre Burger finishes his spell with a wicket. Slower one, on a length, around off, angling away from the batter. Iyer looks to heave it, but the ball is away from his body, and the skipper of PBKS ends up miscuing it off the cue end of his bat. The ball balloons towards the short fine leg region where Yash Punja is already waiting for it, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi runs to his right from backward square leg to claim it as well. Dhruv Jurel, donning the gloves, calls for it and holds onto it. 

Yuzvendra Chahal to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! TAKEN! Yuzvendra Chahal has the last laugh here. He slows it up, fuller and on middle and off, keeping it out of the reach of the batter. Yashasvi Jaiswal goes down on one knee to launch it down the ground, but ends up slicing across it. The ball goes high in the air towards long off, where Suryansh Shedge runs to his left and holds onto the catch near his chest. Rajasthan Royals are 123/3 needing exactly 100 more runs to win.

Arshdeep Singh to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, OUT! CAUGHT! Arshdeep Singh has his arms aloft as he gets rid of the youngster. Still, a top hand from Sooryavanshi. Arshdeep sticks to around the wicket and tries to push it across the left-hander. It ends up being a low full toss and Vaibhav swings at it. Ends up cutting across the line of the ball and slices it over mid off as the bat turns in his hand. Shreyas Iyer back pedals from inside the circle at mid off and takes a safe catch around his chest.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhruv Jurel, OUT! CAUGHT! Not a wicket-taking delivery at all, but Yuzvendra Chahal won't mind one bit. This one slips out of his hand and ends up being a high full toss, on middle. Dhruv Jurel gets surprised by it and tries to slog it a bit too hard across the line. He fails to get the timing on it, and the ball goes miles up in the air towards long on. Marco Jansen settles under it and takes a safe catch. However, the on-field umpires want to check for a No Ball, but Ball Tracking shows that the ball is well below the waist of Jurel. RR are 105/2, needing 118 runs from 62 balls.

Yuzvendra Chahal to Riyan Parag, OUT! CAUGHT! Another massive moment in this run chase as Chahal gets the number of his former colleague. Tossed up, right underneath the bat of Parag, and the RR skipper couldn't resist the temptation to take on the boundary rider at the deep mid-wicket region. Parag doesn't get right underneath it and hits this straight to Suryansh Shedge at the deep mid-wicket fence. Was this really needed from Parag? 12 runs had already come off the over, and with this being the last ball of the Chahal spell, could he have just nudged this around?