IPL 2026: Who said what after PBKS vs RR match 40

Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in IPL 2026. Chasing 223, RR scored 228/4 in 19.2 overs. Donovan Ferreira played a great innings of 52* off 26 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal also gave a strong start with 51 off 27 balls, while Riyan Parag (29) and Shubman Dubey (31*) helped finish the chase. 

Earlier, Punjab Kings scored 222/4 in 20 overs. Marcus Stoinis was the top scorer with 62* off 22 balls. Prabhsimran Singh made 59, Shreyas Iyer scored 30, and Priyansh Arya added a quick 29 off 11 balls. It was a big total, while their bowlers Yuzvendra Chahal claimed two wickets and Arshdeep Singh claimed one wicket but RR chased it easily.

Yash Raj Punja claimed two wickets for Rajasthan Royals, while each one was taken by Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger. Rajasthan Royals did an excellent job and defeated Punjab Kings to register their first defeat of the season.

PBKS vs RR: Who said what after the match

Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain):

"I think 222 was a very good score. Kudos to the batters. It was an exceptional performance, especially on this wicket, which was a bit tacky and slow. We had planned to go slow and yorkers. I think we fell short there. Also, they played really well. Dubey and Ferreira with that partnership. This is the format where a lot of players have changed their game. A lot of them come out and go big from ball one. It's a big task for the bowlers to come up with plans. But at the end of the day, it's about execution. Today was just not our day. I think it's important that we stick to the things that we have been doing. Stick to the process that we have been following. We finished the game and then had a travel day. The body was also fatigued. But that can't be the reason here. We have to get back to the drawing board before coming back. This is our first loss of the season. It definitely teaches you a lot. It was one of the games where things didn't go our way. In retrospect, we could have done things differently. But we have to stay positive moving ahead. I felt that it was difficult to score off spinners. Harpreet Brar, coming in his first game, showing that personality and conceding only 25 runs in his four overs. Hats off to him for approaching this way in his first game and turning out to be the best bowler in the team."

Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals Captain):

"I think as a team what we discussed at the beginning of the tournament is that we treat this as a normal game. I know everything around it has a lot of value but for us it's a normal game. When we lost last game, we wanted to rectify our mistakes. Same thing again today. We felt that we could've restricted a lot lower but then the batters picked us up. Next game, moving forward, we will review this game and then move forward. (Are they closer to playing good cricket for 40 overs?) Yes, 100%. I feel we could've bowled a few better overs here and there and batted a few overs better in the middle. I would say around 35 overs than 40. You are never going to get 40 overs but the aspiration is that, you have to play good cricket for 40 overs. The concerns were apart from us, from everyone else. Everyone watching, everyone commentating, that was their concerns not ours. We trust our players and their abilities a lot. When the middle orders don't fire, the openers and the others have to pick it up. When the middle order fires, we pick it up. So as a team, we have full trust in the team. All the worries and outside noise are for them not for us. I think the plan was to keep wickets in hand but not to fall way too behind the run rate. The way the openers went, Vaibhav and Jaiswal, I feel it just made our jobs very easier, as usual. The tough part was after the powerplay, keeping the momentum going, keeping up with the asking rate. I think after the powerplay, we got 5, 8-run overs. But we picked up well after that. The way him (Dubey) and Don batted was absolutely amazing. They took the game away from PBKS. The way they batted was commendable."

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Donovan Ferreira (Player of the Match):

"It was a good innings. Just keeping my mind nice and clear just exactly when I was a kid playing with a toy truck. Just taking it ball by ball, just kept on telling the guys, we need to be positive. It's not that hard to get that score but we need to keep showing intent. Let's be calculated and play good cricket shots. It is important to really just take it ball-by-ball and not look too far ahead. I just kept reminding myself it's only 12s-10s, you know that's one good over and then the game becomes a lot simpler. Luckily for me, Shubham came in and took a lot of pressure off me, played a really crucial knock over there and I knew if I just stay there, not lose my wicket then I could catch up in one over. Luckily for me, that happened in Lockie's over. You need to win the games, stay in the top 4. It's a long tournament. We just keep reminding ourselves that different guys need to put their hands up. We kind of shrill on our openers which have been really good for us. I am really pleased that I'm hitting the ball well and Shubham came in and did it as well. Jaiswal and Vaibhav always setting it up in the first couple of overs. But it's important for us to step up and win the match for the team."