RR vs PBKS Man of the Match IPL 2022: Who was awarded Man of the Match in Punjab vs Rajasthan IPL 2022 match?

RR vs PBKS Man of the Match: The opening batter from Rajasthan Royals has won his maiden Indian Premier League match award.

During the 52nd match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium, Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets to register their seventh victory of the season.

Making a comeback into the Playing XI after more than a month, Rajasthan opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrated his comeback by top-scoring for his team as his 68 (41) comprised of nine fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 165.85.

While opening batter Jos Buttler scored 30 (16) to play a pivotal role in a quickfire 46-run opening partnership, Shimron Hetmyer justified his potential yet again by scoring 31* (16) with the help of three fours and two sixes to seal a 190-run chase in the last over.

Have a good weekend, Royals. 💗 pic.twitter.com/MB3Nwg7Rmd

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 7, 2022

RR vs PBKS Man of the Match today

Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal (15) won the toss and chose to bat to see opening batter Jonny Bairstow (56) and wicket-keeper Jitesh Sharma (38*) play crucial knocks to post a competitive total.

Had it not been Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s match-winning bowling figures of 4-0-28-3, RR would’ve been easily chasing a 200+ target. Chahal, who dismissed Bhanuka Rajapaksa (27), Agarwal and Bairstow with his cunning bowling, even forced PBKS to tinker with their batting order to not let Liam Livingstone (22) face him.

Great to get back to winning ways!

Another quality team performance with a special mention to @yashasvi_j who was outstanding 👏#HallaBol

— Jake Lush McCrum (@JakeLushMcCrum) May 7, 2022

Having said that, Jaiswal was picked ahead of Chahal for the award of Player of the Match in this match. While this would’ve been Chahal’s third such award of the season, it is Jaiswal’s first-ever award in the biggest T20 tournament across the world.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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