Mustafizur comes back into the attack. Pooran edges the first ball trying to cut the pacer but it flies wide of the wicketkeeper for a four.

He tries the cut shot again next ball but is beaten this time around.

Another slower ball which is pitched halfway down as Pooran pulls it over midwicket for a six.

He carves the next ball over the off-side which falls safely for three runs and Markram picks one off the last ball.

14 runs from the over as Punjab need 18 from the last three overs for victory.

Markram launches into compatriot Morris, smashing the length ball high into the stands over midwicket for a massive six.

He digs out the yorker on the leg side for one and Pooran takes a single to raise the 50-run stand for the third wicket from just 27 balls.

Morris bowls a high full toss which dips quite steeply with Markram ducking under it and the umpire are happy to let it pass.

Two singles from the last two balls as 10 runs come from the over.

Mustafizur comes back into the attack. He starts with a short ball which Pooran tries to ramp but misses before he is beaten by the yorker, bowled from well wide of the crease.

Mustafizur again delivers from wide of the crease as Pooran gets a thick outside edge for a single to thirdman.

Markram makes room but gets an edge off the slower ball which Samson dives across but can't hold on to the catch before Sakariya dives full length to his left and saves the boundary.

Six runs from the over, leave Punjab to get four runs from the final over.

Tyagi to bowl the final over. He starts with a yorker as Markram hits the first ball into the covers before he inside edges the intended big heave for a single.

Some late drama as Pooran looks to steer the third ball fine but gets the edge and is caught behind for a quick 32 from 22 balls.

Deepak Hooda walks across and misses the full wide delivery from Tyagi and the umpire explains that because he walked across, the wide was not given.

The fifth ball is again full and wide and this time Hooda gets the edge and is caught behind for a duck.

A stunning turnaround from the Royals bowlers with Punjab needing 3 from last ball for victory!

The last ball is a cracking yorker as Fabian Allen is beaten with Punjab losing the match by two runs.

Tyagi produced an unbelievable last over, conceding just a single and picking up two wickets to help Rajasthan Royals snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Punjab choked right at the end, after looking in complete control all through their run chase. They will find it hard to believe that they finished on the losing side after looking set for an easy victory, with eight needed from two overs for victory with eight wickets in hand.

Tyagi comes back into the attack. Markram taps the first ball on the leg side for a single before Pooran ducks under a bouncer.

Tyagi beats Pooran outside the off-stump as the delivery slants away before he deceives the West Indian with a well-disguised slower ball.

A single to Pooran after three dots in a row as Markram makes up for it by smashing the last ball straight back past the bowler for a four.

Morris, who went for 25 runs in his second over, is back into the attack.

He does a good job this time around giving away just six runs in his third over.

Punjab look set for an easy win, with 32 needed from four overs for victory.

Leg-spinner Tewatia comes back into the attack. Mayank flicks the first ball through midwicket for a couple and takes a single off the next.

Aiden Markram drives the third ball straight as the bowlers fails to stop it and concedes just a single.

Tewatia gives his team hope as he strikes with the wicket of Mayank. The Punjab opener, who smashed 67 from 43 balls, tries to play the inside out lofted shot but ends up carving it straight into the hands of Livingstone at sweeper cover.

Leg-spinner Parag comes into the attack. He starts with a short ball which Nicholas Pooran pulls for two runs to get off the mark before he clips the next through leg side for another couple of runs.

Another leg side delivery which Pooran clips fine for a single and Markram pulls the fourth ball fine for a boundary and then takes a single to long-off.

The last ball is a half-tracker as Pooran pulls it powerfully over midwicket for a six, as Parag goes for 16 in his first over.

Punjab in complete control with 44 needed from six overs for victory with eight wickets in hand.

Morris comes back into the attack. The first ball is down the leg side as Mayank picks it over fine leg for a six before the pacer bowls a wide.

Morris gets his line right as he beats Mayank with one that bounces extra outside the off-stump.

Another leg side delivery which Mayank flicks over the leg side for a six to race to his fifty from 34 balls as he continues to bat positively.

Morris struggling with his rhythm. He bowls another big wide down the leg side which Samson manages to half stop to keep it down to two wides.

Morris continues to be wayward as he bowls another wide before the leg side half-volley is clipped through fine leg by Rahul for a four to bring up Punjab's 100 in the 10th over.

Morris bowls another one on the pads as Rahul clips it for a single before Mayank lofts the last ball over the covers for another four.

Morris concedes 25 runs ins his second over as Punjab look well-placed on 106 for no loss in 10 overs.

Mayank started off slowly before turning things around in fine style, to smash 58 from 35 balls, while Rahul has made 41 from 26 balls.

Left-arm spinner Mahipal Lomror comes into the attack. The spinner looks to fire everything into the stumps as he gives away just seven runs in his first over.

Sakariya comes back into the attack. Rahul walks across his stumps and initially looks to hit the pacer on the leg side but changes his shot at the last second to smash the full delivery through the covers for a four.

Sakariya follows it with a wide before Rahul takes a single on the off-side and Mayank also takes one off the next.

Sakariya gets the breakthrough as he gets Rahul caught at short thirdman for 49. Infact, he is the second batsman in the match to fall short of the fifty by just one run after Yashasvi Jaiswal was also dismissed for the same score earlier on.

Punjab are 120/1 in 12 overs, needing 66 from eight overs for victory.

Leg-spinner Rahul Tewatia comes into the attack. He starts with a wide down the leg side to Mayank, who takes a single off the next to square leg.

Rahul attempts the sweep next ball but is struck on the pads as the leg before shout is turned down, before he takes a single to long-on.

Mayank lofts the fourth ball straight down the ground for a four before he is struck on the pads attempting the sweep as the leg before shout is rejected again.

Mayank takes a single off the last ball as eight runs come from the over to take Punjab past 50.

Tyagi is back into the attack. Mayank goes hard at the first ball pitched full and wide but gets the edge which goes fine on the off-side for a four.

The next shot goes off the middle as Mayank plays the inside out shot over the covers for another boundary.

Mayank makes it three fours in a row as he lofts Tyagi straight back over his head, followed by three singles as 15 come from the over.

Mayank continues his positive approach. This time he again plays the lofted shot against leg-spinner Tewatia for a four to get nine from the over.

Punjab are off to a good start as they reach 81 for no loss in nine overs, with Mayank on 42 and Rahul on 36.

A desperate Royals introduce the experienced Chris Morris into the attack, to get the first breakthrough.

He starts with a wide before Rahul miscues the pull shot which just about clears Parag at mid-on for a couple of runs, followed by one to short thirdman.

Another mishit off the short ball as Mayank gets it over midwicket for one.

Rahul, on 29, gets his second lifeline as Parag at mid-on puts down the catch. Rahul had miscued the catch as Parag ran back towards his right and had pouched the catch but somehow the ball popped out of his grasp.

Royals must be ruing not taking their chances in the field, having put down the dangerous Rahul twice already.

Mustafizur comes back into the attack. Rahul takes a single off the first ball before Mayank is beaten next ball by the change of pace.

Mayank gets the next bang off the middle as he lofts the left-arm pacer straight down the ground for a four and slaps the fourth ball to sweeper cover for one.

Royals continue to struggle with their catching. Rahul, on 31, gets his third life of the innings as he pulls the slower bouncer straight to Sakariya at short fine leg, who puts down the simple catch.

Punjab are 49 for no loss in six overs, with Rahul on 32 and Mayank on 15.

Young fast bowler Kartik Tyagi comes into the attack. He starts with two dot balls in a row to Mayank, who is unable to find the gap.

The third ball bounces a bit more as Mayank goes for the cut but is beaten. Royals appeal for the catch off the edge but the umpire is unmoved as captain Sanju Samson takes the review.

There is nothing on the UltraEdge as Royals end up losing their review.

Another quick full delivery as Mayank looks to clip it on the leg side but gets the inside edge for a single.

Tyagi oversteps to concede a free hit but Mayank gets just a single to fine leg.

Tyagi bowls a high full toss which Rahul hits through point for a four but is beaten next ball as he looks to loft it over mid-off.

The last ball is full and comes in but Rahul is hit on the pads off the inside edge which saves him from the leg before shout.

In the next over, Rahul finally gets going. He hits the short wide delivery from Sakariya behind point for a four and lofts the second ball back over the bowler's head for a six.

Sakariya drops short as Rahul pulls it over square leg for another six to bring up his 3000 runs in IPL.

Rahul does well to tap the fourth ball on the leg side for a single and Mayank takes one off the next.

Rahul keeps strike with one off the last ball as 19 runs come from the fourth over.

Karnataka duo of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal walk out to open the batting for Punjab Kings as they chase a stiff 186 for victory.

Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman to bowl the first over for Royals, who be eyeing a few early wickets to keep the Punjab's batting line-up in check.

Rahul pushes the second ball square on the off-side for a single and Mayank picks one off the next ball.

Some width from Rahman as Rahul plays the drive but straight to the fielder in the covers, followed by singles off the last two balls as just four runs come from the first over.

Left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya from the other end. He gets the first ball to move away and bounce as Agarwal pushes at it from the crease and is beaten.

The Punjab opener steers the next ball on the off-side but Evin Lewis at point dives to his right to save some runs.

He flicks the third ball on the leg side as Parag dives to his right at mid-on to keep it down to one.

Rahul, on 2, gets a lifeline as he cuts Sakariya uppishly but Lewis puts down the sharp chance at point.

Agarwal punches the fifth ball through the covers for a couple of runs to the fielder in the deep and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Arshdeep comes back into the attack as Punjab continue to chip away at the wickets.

Lomror mistimes the slower ball as he attempts to hit it down the ground and is caught by Markram at long-on after a quickfire cameo of 43 from 17 balls.

Arshdeep is unlucky as the umpire rules a tight wide call in favour of the batsman.

He bowls a full toss which Tewatia hits it into the covers before he takes a single next ball.

Chris Morris plays a nice drive into the covers but can't get it in the gap before he flicks a full toss wide of long-on for two runs to get off the mark.

He pulls the last ball for another couple of runs with Arshdeep doing well to give away just seven runs in the 18th over.

Shami strikes again in his third over. Tewatia looks to slog across the line but also manages to drag the ball back on to his stumps to be bowled for 2.

This has been a good comeback by Punjab, chipping away at the wickets to pull back Royals in the death overs.

Shami strikes again in the over as Morris holes out to Markram at long-on to perish for 5.

Two wickets and just three runs from the 19th over as Shami finishes with wonderful figures of 3/21 in four overs.

Arshdeep to bowl the final over. Kartik Tyagi is hit on the pads first ball as the leg before shout is turned down as they take a leg bye.

Sakariya hits the next ball to long-on for one and Tyagi picks a single to fine leg.

Sakariya hits the fourth ball through the covers for a four, the first boundary after four overs.

However, Arshdeep gets revenge next ball as Sakariya miscues the heave over the leg side and is caught by the bowler for seven.

He strikes again last ball as Sakariya is bowled by a cracking yorker as Arshdeep finishes with a five-wicket haul.

Arshdeep registers wonderful figures of 5/32 as Royals are bowled out for 185 in their 20 overs.

A wonderful comeback by Punjab, taking six wickets for 21 runs in the last four overs.

Left-hander Lomror takes on part-time spinner Deepak Hooda. Lomror slams the first ball for a straight six back over the bowler's head.

He comes down the track and swings the next ball over midwicket to take Royals past 150, in the 16th over.

Hooda bowls a full toss which Lomror hits over the covers for a four.

The spinner bowls another full toss but this time it is high as Lomror comes down and mistimes the shot for two runs to sweeper cover.

He drills the fifth ball through the covers for another couple of runs and cuts the last ball for a four.

Hooda goes for 24 runs in his second over as Royals look on course for a target around 200.

Shami comes back into the attack. Parag blocks the first ball before he hits the next down the ground to long-on for a couple of runs.

Shami makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Parag, who is caught at long-on for 4.

Parag tries to play the helicopter shot, and ends up dragging the full delivery straight into the hands of Aiden Markram at long-on.

Rahul Tewatia gets off the mark with a single on the off-side and Lomror digs out the yorker for another run.

Shami does well to concede just four runs while taking the wicket to check Royals' charge.

Harpreet bowls a tidy second over. Jaiswal and Mahipal Lomror pick three singles each as just six runs come from the 13th over.

Rashid, who went for 21 runs in his first two overs, is back into the attack.

Lomror picks a single to midwicket before Jaiswal is beaten trying to hit it through the off-side.

Jaiswal taps the third ball to point for another dot ball as Royals have slowed down in the last few overs.

He pushes the fourth ball into the covers for a single before Lomror swings the fifth ball over midwicket for a six.

Rashid drops short as Lomror pulls the last ball over the same region for another six as Rashid continues to leak runs.

Jaiswal perishes in his quest to get to his fifty. He looks to tap spinner Harpreet on the leg side but gets the leading edge and is caught in the covers after a good innings of 49 from 36 balls.

Riyan Parag and Lomror take two singles each as Harpreet concedes just four singles in his third over.

Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar comes into the attack. Livingstone inside edges the first ball on to the pads and gets the next on the leg side for one.

Jaiswal picks the third ball through midwicket for one before Livingstone is beaten by a full delivery on the pads.

He comes down the track but gets it off the outside half of the bat for a single before Jaiswal lofts the last ball straight down the ground for a four as Royals go past the 100-run mark, in the 11th over.

Pacer Arshdeep is back into the attack. Livingstone is unable to get hold of the pull shot as Nicholas Pooran fumbles at deep square leg to concede two runs.

The England right-hander shuffles across his stumps and paddles it fine over the leg side for a four before he flicks the third ball for two more runs.

Livingstone shows why he is rated so highly in T20 cricket. He clubs the length ball from the pace bowler for a huge six over midwicket.

Arshdeep switches to over the wicket as he bowls a full toss which Livingstone misses but the umpire rules it a wide.

Livingstone pulls the next ball over midwicket and looks to have got it in the gap before Fabian Allen arrives in the picture as he dives full length to his right to come up with a stunning catch at deep midwicket.

Livingstone walks back after after a handy innings of 25 from 17 balls with Royals losing their third wicket.

Rashid continues despite going for runs in his first over. Livingstone hits the first ball to sweeper cover before Jaiswal pulls the next ball over midwicket for a six.

Three singles from the last three balls as Rashid concedes 10 runs in his second over.

Porel to bowl his fourth and final over. Three singles from the first three balls before Livingston walks across his stumps and tries to paddle scoop the fast bowler but fails to make good connection for a single.

Porel overpitches as Jaiswal smashes it through the covers for a four and blocks the last ball to point.

Royals are 94/2 in 10 overs, with Jaiswal on 40 from 26 balls and Livingstone on nine.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid comes into the attack. Samson immediately jumps down the track but inside edges the googly for a single to square leg.

Jaiswal also attacks the leg spinner as he reverse sweeps the second ball, another wrong one, over short thirdman for a four.

Two balls later, Jaiswal lofts a flighted delivery over the fielder at long-off for a six.

The young left-hander is beaten next ball as he tries the cut but the ball stays a touch low to go past the edge. He cuts the last ball but can't get it past the fielder at point, as 11 runs come from the over.

Porel comes back into the attack. He strikes with the key wicket of Samson, who throws his bat at a short wide delivery but gets the edge and wicketkeeper Rahul takes a splendid one-handed catch leaping to his right.

Samson walks back for four as Royals are reduced to 68/2 in the eighth over.

Liam Livingstone clips the first ball he faces for a single through square leg and Jaiswal is struck on the thighs by a quick short ball from Porel as he misses the pull shot.

Livingstone steers the fifth ball past point for a four before Porel bowls a wide down the leg side.

Pace bowler Arshdeep Singh comes into the attack. He starts with a slower ball as Jaiswal looks to hit through the off-side but is beaten.

He chips the next ball over the off-side for a single to the fielder at deep point.

Lewis throws his bat at a wide delivery but gets off the outside half of the bat and as Agarwal takes a superb low catch at short extra cover.

Lewis walks back after a quickfire 36 from 21 balls, having put on 54 runs for the opening wicket with Jaiswal.

Sanju Samson pulls the first ball he faces for two runs to get off the mark and gets a single off the last ball to retain strike.

A good start from Arshdeep as he concedes just four runs in his first over with Royals reaching 57 for one in six overs.

Some width from Shami as Jaiswal throws his bat for a single to thirdman and Lewis is beaten as he looks to smash the full delivery from Shami down the ground as the ball moves away slightly to go past the edge.

Another cracking delivery from Shami, full and moving away, as Lewis pokes and is beaten.

Lewis finally gets one off the middle as he smashes Shami back over his head for a four.

In the next over, Jaiswal pulls Porel for a single before Lewis throws his bat at the wide delivery but gets a thick edge which flies over short thirdman for a four.

He again gets an edge off the next ball for the same result for the second four in a row off the outside half of the bat.

Lewis mistimes the slower ball as he chips it uppishly but short of the fielder at mid-on.

Porel drops short as Lewis pulls a thumping pull over midwicket for a four.

The last ball is full but right in the slot as the West Indian drills it through the covers for the fourth boundary of the over.

17 runs from the over as Royals race to 40 for no loss in four overs.

Punjab introduce spin as Deepak Hooda comes into the attack. The first ball is short and wide as Jaiswal punches it through the covers for a four and then takes a single on the leg side.

Lewis tries the sweep but is beaten and hit on the pads before he lofts a full toss over the fielder at mid-off for a four.

He sweeps the last ball behind square past the fielder at short fine leg for another boundary as Royals go past the 50-run mark, in the fifth over.

Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal are the two openers for Rajasthan Royals, while fast bowler Mohammed Shami will open the bowling for Punjab Kings.

Lewis clips the first ball to square leg for a single to get off the mark and Jaiswal is beaten as he slashes at a wide delivery and plays and misses again as he tries the cut shot.

Jaiswal makes good connection as he cuts Shami square on the off-side for a four to get off the mark.

Shami goes short as Jaiswal pulls the last ball over square leg for another boundary, as nine runs come from the first over.

Ishan Porel from the other end. Left-hander Lewis defends the first ball on the leg side before he misses the pull shot to a leg side short ball which is called a wide.

Another leg side delivery as Lewis nudges it to short fine leg before he mishits the pull next ball and gets a single.

Jaiswal misses the clip next ball to get a leg bye before Lewis smashes the last ball over long-on for a six.

Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul has won the toss and elected to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL match in Dubai on Tuesday.

Punjab have left out veteran opener Chris Gayle on his 42nd birthday as South African Aiden Markram gets his maiden IPL call-up. Nicholas Pooran, Adil Rashid and Fabian Allen are the other three overseas players.

Evin Lewis, Liam Livingstone, Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman are the four overseas players for Royals.

Both Royals and Punjab will be looking to start off with a victory as they aim to bounce after their below-par showing in the first leg of IPL.

Royals are sixth with six points from seven games, while Punjab are one place below with the same number of points from eight games.

Welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in Dubai on Tuesday.

Liam Livingstone and Evin Lewis's explosive batting will meet its match in Chris Gayle's power and KL Rahul's finesse when Rajasthan Royals lock horns with Punjab Kings to improve upon their mid-table position.

The two IPL teams have been perennial under-achievers in the league and would be desperate to change their fortunes after disappointing one and all with their underwhelming performances over the past few seasons.

More so for Punjab Kings, the only team that has lacked any kind of stability over the 14 seasons of IPL with captains and coaches being changed like musical chairs.

For skipper KL Rahul, who has been a prime performer in IPL, it will not just be about the runs he scores but also about how he leads the team with guidance from Anil Kumble, who will also want to prove his mettle as a franchise coach.

Liam Livingstone has been a rage in shortest format for last couple of years now and is coming into his own with some great performances in 'The Hundred'. His potential opening partner is likely to be West Indies man Lewis, who has often been Indian cricket team's nemesis in various games.

Mohammed Shami is expected to be partnered by either Chris Jordan or Nathan Ellis.

If Livingstone and Lewis can be explosive in the Powerplay overs, Royals will expect skipper Sanju Samson to be more consistent in that number three posit

What will be Royals' advantage is Punjab's weak Indian bowling set-up save Shami as they have to depend on either Adil Rashid or Ravi Bishnoi for wrist spin. Their pace line-up with left-armer Arshdeep Singh as the domestic pick doesn't look the strongest.

Royals' third and fourth foreign player in the playing XI will be interesting choices as Chris Morris as an all-rounder is a certainty, while the fourth slot will go to either David Miller in the middle-order or world's No 1 T20 spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.

However, it is the Indian players like Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya, who will like to step up their game in the next four weeks to ensure a play-off berth for Royals, which many believe is the weakest unit in absence of Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler.

Similarly for Punjab Kings, Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are expected to open with Chris Gayle still an enforcer par excellence at the age of 41 which will keep the Rajasthan bowlers on tenterhooks.

In the middle-order, Nicholas Pooran, who had a horrendous outing in the first phase will like to put a far better account of himself along with Shahrukh Khan.