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.

Nehal Wadhera hit 70 off 37 balls to lead Punjab Kings to a 10-run win over Rajasthan Royals as they resumed their Indian Premier League campaign.