PBKS vs RR IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: It was another Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) classic match that saw both the sides put in an extraordinary effort to gave fans everything to cheer about. The 51st game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 was a high-scoring thriller that saw the Sanju Samson-led side display a staggering display with the bat to chase the big target and register their seventh win of the season.

Today’s IPL match result

Mayank Agarwal’s decision to put his side into the bat worked incredibly well for them as they posted a mammoth total of 189 runs on the board. Jonny Bairstow (56) along with Bhanuka Rajapaksa (27) batted incredibly well in the middle phase before Liam Livingstone (22) and Jitesh Sharma (38*) played brutal cameos for their side. Yuzvendra Chahal starred for his side with the ball as he took three wickets and returned with the figures of 3/28.

Related: IPL 2022 Prize Money

Chasing the target, RR came out all guns blazing and blasted more than their highest power play of the season. They scored 67 runs but lost Jos Buttler for 30 runs. Sanju Samson played a cameo of 23 runs whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal tonked a half-century on his comeback. Shimron Hetymer (31*) and Devdutt Padikkal (31) then stitched a sensational partnership to win the match for their side by 6 wickets.

Man of the match today IPL

Rajasthan Royals (RR) young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded player of the match in today’s encounter against Punjab Kings (PBKS). In what was his comeback match, the southpaw played a staggering innings of 68 runs. He came out with a positive intent and smashed PBKS bowlers all over the park to help his side chase down the big total of 190 runs. He smashed 9 fours and 2 sixes in his knock.

Today IPL highlights

You can catch highlights of today’s IPL 2022 encounter between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) that took place at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same:

IPL schedule

The next match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is slated to take place between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Kolkata Knight Riders at MCA Stadium in Pune on Saturday (7th May).

Related: Highest Paid Player in IPL

IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Gujarat Titans	11	8	3	16	+0.120
Lucknow Super Giants	10	7	3	14	+0.397
Rajasthan Royals	11	7	4	14	+0.326
Royal Challengers Bangalore	11	6	5	12	-0.444
Delhi Capitals	10	5	5	10	+0.641
Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	5	5	10	+0.325
Punjab Kings	11	5	6	10	-0.231
Kolkata Knight Riders	10	4	6	8	+0.060
Chennai Super Kings	10	3	7	6	-0.431
Mumbai Indians	10	2	8	4	-0.725

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	11	11	618	116	61.80	152.21	3	3
2	KL Rahul	11	10	451	103*	56.38	145.01	2	2
3	Shikhar Dhawan	11	11	381	88*	42.33	122.11	0	3
4	David Warner	8	8	356	92*	59.33	156.82	0	4
5	Hardik Pandya	10	10	333	87*	41.63	134.27	0	3

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	11	11	319	22	40/5	14.50	7.25	12.00
2	Kuldeep Yadav	10	10	309	18	14/4	17.16	8.42	12.22
3	Kagiso Rabada	10	10	323	18	33/4	17.94	8.72	12.33
4	T Natarajan	9	9	303	17	10/3	17.82	8.65	12.35
5	Wanindu Hasaranga	11	11	304	16	20/4	19.00	8.21	13.87