IPL: Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs in match 40 IPL 2018 between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan. With this, Rajasthan has managed to maintain its playoff prospects. Opener KL Rahul scored 95 runs from Punjab but could not save his team from a close defeat of 15 runs. In this match at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler played an important innings of 82 runs while batting brilliantly. He was dismissed by Mujib Umar Rehman. Butler made 9 fours and a six during his half-century.

Apart from Butler, Sanju Samson played an important 22-run knock. Thanks to the Rajasthan Royals team managed to score 158 runs in eight overs in the last 20 overs. In this match, Rajasthan captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first. The powerplay game for Eye Punjab was a bit of a bad thing to do, and during this time the Rajasthan team managed to score 63 runs on a wicket. Rajasthan, as captain Ajinkya Rahane (9), got the first blow. Although Opener Jose Butler continued to score runs quickly and completed his half-century in 27 balls. Krishnappa Gautam, who came in to bat at number three, was not able to do anything special and scored eight runs in the eighth over with the score of 8 runs.

After 10 overs Rajasthan scored 82 runs for two wickets. The 11th over was thrown by Patel Patel, which included 9 runs. In the 13th over Rajasthan reached the score of 100. 14th over (Ashwin) scored 13 runs, Samson hit six and fours in that. The half-century partnership between the two batsmen was completed. In the 15th over, Sanju Samson was bowled by Manoj Tiwary for 22 runs. Rajasthan's score of 15 after losing three wickets was 120 runs. Ben Stokes came to bat instead of Sanju. Ashwin threw the 16th over, but Butler's catch was missing from Akshdeep Nath.