IPL 2025, PBKS vs RR: Presenting Player of the Day

IPL 2025, PBKS vs RR: Presenting Player of the Day
06 Apr 2025

Jofra Archer was superb for Rajasthan Royals in Match 18 of the Indian Premier League 2025 season.

The Englishman floored Punjab Kings with three wickets for 25 runs from his 4 overs.

RR set PBKS a target of 206 runs. In response, the Kings managed 155/9, losing the contest by 50 runs.

Archer is our pick as Player of the Day.

Three wickets for Archer
Bowling

Archer started on a strong note, dismissing Impact Substitute Priyansh Arya with his very first ball of the innings.

Arya was opened up as the ball broke his defense.

Shreyas Iyer came in and unsettled Archer, but the speedster fought back as the former played a poor shot to be bowled out.

Archer then picked Arshdeep Singh's wicket in the 20th over.

Archer makes a solid impact
Fact

Two wickets in the 1st over helped RR set the tone. Archer's two scalps in a massive run-chase pegged PBKS back upfront. The third wicket was icing on the cake. Archer bowled 14 dot balls in this match. This was a solid show.

Archer goes past 50 wickets in the IPL
Wickets

Playing his 44th IPL match, Archer has now raced past 50 wickets (52) at an average of 25.34.

Notably, he is the second Englishman to claim 50-plus IPL wickets after Sam Curran (58).

As per ESPNcricinfo, Archer owns 11 wickets from 9 matches against PBKS. He averages 27.45.

Overall in T20s, Archer has 207 scalps at 23.38.