Punjab Kings held their nerve in a high-scoring IPL 2025 clash to beat Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday, boosting their playoff hopes with 17 points from 12 matches.

With this, the 180 runs scored together, the middle-order outshone the total of 174 runs scored by the Mumbai Indians (MI) middle-order (Ishan Kishan 99, Hardik Pandya 15 and Kieron Pollard 60*) against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in IPL 2020 at Dubai.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday in Jaipur for the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).Punjab is flying high and occupying the third spot,