Curran's all-round show for Punjab hands Rajasthan fourth straight loss in IPL

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Sam Curran’s all-round show lifted Punjab Kings off the bottom of the table with a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan has already qualified for the playoffs but has lost four straight matches as it tries to hold on to second place.

Punjab Kings’ Sam Curran plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, May. 15, 2023. Punjab Kings’ Sam Curran celebrates scoring fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, May. 15, 2023.

The Royals got strangled at 144-9 on a slowish wicket and clearly missed their premier opening batter Jos Buttler, who returned to England for next week’s Twenty20 series Pakistan ahead of the T20 World Cup. Curran made an early impact with his left-arm swing bowling when he had Yashasvi Jaiswal dragging the ball back onto the stumps in the first over. Skipper Sanju Samson completed 500 runs for the first time in his IPL career but struggled to give the innings momentum before he was caught at point in the eighth over.

Top-scorer Riyan Parag and Ravichandran Ashwin combined in a half-century stand but leg-spinner Rahul Chahar and Harshal Patel kept picking up wickets to restrict Rajasthan.

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