IPL 2025: RR vs PBKS Awards List: Full List of Award Winners, Player of the Match, Captains' Words

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In a high-stakes IPL 2025 encounter at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) secured a narrow 10-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals (RR), significantly enhancing their playoff prospects.

Opting to bat first, PBKS posted a formidable total of 219/5, propelled by Nehal Wadhera's aggressive 70 off 37 balls and Shashank Singh's unbeaten 59. Captain Shreyas Iyer contributed a resilient 30 runs despite battling a finger injury.

RR's chase began explosively, reaching 89/1 within the powerplay, with Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring a rapid 50. However, PBKS's bowlers, particularly Harpreet Brar with figures of 3/22, curtailed the momentum. Marco Jansen's crucial wickets in the final over sealed the victory for PBKS.

This win propels PBKS into the top two of the standings, enhancing their playoff prospects. Conversely, RR's defeat further dims their postseason hopes, marking another close loss in their campaign.

RR vs PBKS IPL 2025: Complete List of Award Winners

• Curvv Super Striker of the Match: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)
• My11Circle Fantasy King of the Match: Nehal Wadhera (PBKS)
• Angel One Most 6s: Nehal Wadhera (PBKS) - 5 sixes
• Rupay on the Go Most 4s: Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) - 9 Fours
• TATA IPL Green Most Dot Balls: Harpreet Brar (PBKS) - 9 Dot Balls
• Player of the Match: Harpreet Brar (PBKS) - 3/22 in 4 overs

RR vs PBKS: What Captains Said?

Sanju Samson (RR captain): We started off really well, couldn't ask for anything more from the openers having scored 90 runs in the powerplay. We couldn't carry on the momentum we got in the powerplay. It (target) was quite achievable today. The wicket played completely different today. That was a chaseable score with the kind of power-hitters we had. It's a bit hard to nail it down to one thing, we have to get the job done. A couple of experienced guys should take responsibility and do their job. Definitely a lot of improvements to be done for the upcoming season. We can't try much, the first priority is to win the game.

Shreyas Iyer (PBKS Captain): The reason is the finger over here (pointing at his forefinger). I don't know what has happened. Yesterday while practising I got hit, I will have to go and check what is the issue here. I was just passing on the message to all the players to keep a positive body language, you tend to drop and feel the game has gone away from you, but I am proud of every player out there to show that sort of great and bold approach. He has been consistent in the nets. He wants to do the best for himself, he was hungry for this opportunity and today I feel he stepped in and delivered at his best, congratulations to him and his mindset has been tremendous throughout. Absolutely brilliant approach and attitude coming in after the break, the boys were in high spirits and we also needed a rest, igoing forward in the tournament, t was the right time we came in together and showed the kind of mindset to win irrespective of the situation. Going forward we saw that the spinners were difficult to charge over, we hardly got runs off their spinners and that's one learning, apart from that we can change the game from any situation.

Quotes Courtesy: Cricbuzz