RR vs PBKS in Pics: Punjab Kings pip Rajasthan Royals in high scoring thriller

KL Rahul, who got his first four with a glance to the fine-leg fence, and Chris Gayle (40 off 28) gave the team a good start with their 67-run stand. Photo/Sportzpics)

KL Rahul (91 off 50) and Deepak Hooda (64 off 28) powered Punjab Kings to an imposing 221 for six after being put in to bat on a batting beauty. (Photo/Sportzpics)

Rahul smashed seven fours and five sixes while Hooda, playing his first game since the last IPL, plundered six maximums and four boundaries to fire Punjab past 200. (Photo/Sportzpics)

Deepak Hooda (64 off 28 balls) smashed two maximums in the13th over and then struck three sixes off Shreyas Gopal (0/40) in the next as Punjab went ballistic. (Photo/Sportzpics)

Chetan Sakariya of Rajasthan Royals celebrates after taking the wicket of Mayank Agarwal of Punjab Kings during the Indian Premier League 2021 match between Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Monday, April 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)

Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle of Punjab Kings during the Indian Premier League 2021 match between Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Monday, April 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)

Sanju Samson almost took Royals home with a breathtaking 119 off 63 balls but was caught off the game's final ball with left-arm pacer Arshdeep defending 13 runs in the last over. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)

Samson, who effortlessly struck seven sixes and 12 fours, was so confident of taking his team home that he refused a single to Chris Morris on penultimate ball of the game when Royals needed five runs off two balls. In the end, it was not to be for Royals as Punjab scraped through. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)

Samson and Jos Buttler (25), who struck four successive boundaries off Riley Meredith, tried to take the game deep with a 45-run stand. Pacer Jhye Richardson pegged Rajasthan back by cleaning up Buttler. (Photo/Sportzpics)

KL Rahul and M Shami of Punjab Kings try to take the catch of Ben Stokes of Rajasthan Royals during the Indian Premier League 2021 match between Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Monday, April 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)

Shahrukh Khan of Punjab Kings drops a catch during the Indian Premier League 2021 match between Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Monday, April 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Sportzpics)