Watch: RR Star Shimron Hetmyer In Verbal Spat with PBKS' Sam Curran, Antics With Bat Goes Viral

Rajasthan Royals remained alive in the IPL 2023 playoff race as they beat Punjab Kings by four wickets on Friday. With the win, RR have reached the fifth spot with 14 points from as many games. Though their fate does no longer lie in their own hands, they still can advance to the playoffs with other results going their way. The match was fought on till the last over but Dhruv Jurel's final over six clinched the victory for Rajasthan Royals at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Friday.

The match was also witness to an unusual event as RR's star batter Shimron Hetmyer and PBKS allrounder Sam Curran got involved in a war of words. Hetmyer, whose 46 off 28 balls played a crucial role in RR's win, got engaged in a heated exchange with Curran after the batter reviewed decision on the fifth ball of the 17th over. The mind game continued in the 19th over, when Curran came to bowl again, as Hetmyer circled him after hitting a four. Ultimately, Curran fell to Hetmyer in the same over.

Watch: RR Star In Verbal Spat with PBKS' Curran, Antics With Bat Is Viral

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Talking about the game, Chasing 188, Rajasthan Royals received an early blow as they lost their star batter Jos Buttler in the second over. Yashasvi Jaiswal got to a flying start with a four and then he struck a couple of fours off the middle to make it 12 off the first over from Sam Curran.

Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal made sure the pressure wasn't built due to the fall of one early wicket as they played aggressively and hit a slew of fours and sixes to take the score to 57/1 at the end of the Powerplay.

PBKS kept things tight in the next three overs and Padikkal then looked to up the scoring in the 10th over as he