The Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, which turned out to be an absolute thriller on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Put into bat, Prabhsimran Singh confirmed his ‘A-Recreation’ as he smashed 60 runs off simply 34 balls with 7 fours and three sixes. Equally, veteran skipper Shikhar Dhawan additionally sizzled with the bat and remained unbeaten with 86 runs off 56 balls with 9 fours and three sixes. The duo helped Punjab Kings publish a difficult whole of 197/4 of their 20 overs.

In response, the Royals began effectively with contributions from Sanju Samson (42 runs off 25 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer (36 runs off 18 balls) however misplaced wickets at essential intervals. Dhruv Jurel performed a quickfire knock of 32 runs off simply 15 balls in direction of the tip and took the sport all the way down to the wire, however it wasn’t sufficient as RR fell 5 runs wanting the goal, ending at 192/7 of their 20 overs.

For Punjab Kings, Nathan Ellis was the decide of the bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets for 30 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Likewise, Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 47 runs.

Right here is how Twitter reacted:

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Recreation Set Match 🔒#RRvPBKS #JazbaHaiPunjabi #SaddaPunjab #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/1Ne0WuxCpr

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 5, 2023

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Punjab vs Rajasthan has at all times been a thriller and the sport lived upto that hype. Congratulations @PunjabKingsIPL #IPL2023 #RRvsPBKS

— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) April 5, 2023

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Balle balle. Buraaaaaaaah #PBKS #PBKSvsRR

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 5, 2023

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Dhruv Jurel is a star, what a combat again, 32* runs from simply 15 balls when Rajasthan was down & out.

He’ll do wonders in future for this franchise. pic.twitter.com/wwRFUAxnQQ

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 5, 2023

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Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs in a final over thriller. #cricket #rrvspbks #ipl #ipl2023 | https://t.co/cLNKY6ryz4 #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/FtqxKEUOxe

— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan’s innings will elevate, ought to elevate, the query of whether or not you’ll be able to have an anchor batter, particularly in these situations. You’ll be able to seem to have elevated your strike fee by the tip, however the 30 balls at run-a-ball can harm.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan trolling Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers with unorthodox pictures. #RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/4PIb481Fvj

— Anurag Dwivedi 🏏 (@AnuragxCricket) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar dhawan in in the present day’s match:#RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/vTuPYNyG9F

— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) April 5, 2023

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Prime knock from Shikhar Dhawan – 86* (56) with 9 fours and three sixes. A splendid present by the captain, he held one finish brilliantly.

Excellent knock, Gabbar! pic.twitter.com/SdS6D9fz2l

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan in first 30 balls: 30 runs.
Shikhar Dhawan in subsequent 26 balls: 56 runs.

One of many best knock of Dhawan in IPL .#RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/zg0D7PGhKt

— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan after each 2 balls pic.twitter.com/k07j1yaoMP

— 亗 𓃟 (@jadejamayur010) April 5, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan 🔥#RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/AnpnOfsjjv

— Arun Singh (@ArunTuThikHoGya) April 5, 2023

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2 minutes 30 seconds for the the vast assessment which was which finally judged incorrectly! #RRvPBKS #widereview #TATAIPL2023

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) April 5, 2023

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That is that from Match 8. @PunjabKingsIPL win their second sport on the trot as they beat #RR by 5 runs.

Scorecard – https://t.co/Cmk3rElYKu #TATAIPL #RRvPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/R9j1jFpt5C

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2023