Watch: Jofra Archer destroys stumps of Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer in 1st over

Rajasthan Royals pacer Jofra Archer took his team off to a flying start with the ball in the ongoing match against Punjab Kings. The 18th match of the tournament between the teams is taking place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur in Chandigarh.

After setting a massive total of 205 runs, Rajasthan Royals had a dream start to the second innings. It was possible only because of premier pacer Jofra Archer as he had his tail up right from the ball 1. The fast bowler sent Priyansh Arya packing on the first delivery of the innings.

Jofra Archer takes his team off to a flying start against Punjab Kings

Jofra Archer bowled a delivery on the back of a length on middle. The ball curved away and just had the hint of the seam that opened up Priyansh Arya. The Punjab Kings batter looked to defend as he got beaten on the outside edge and was squared up slightly. The ball went on to hit the top of the off-stump as the batter hardly had any feet moment.

After that, Shreyas Iyer, who walked out to bat at three, looked to counterattack as he slammed two boundaries against Jofra Archer. However, it didn't go well with the Rajasthan Royals pacer as he came up with another peach of a delivery to remove the Punjab Kings skipper.

Jofra Archer bowled a full ball on the stumps, to which Shreyas Iyer backed away and looked to slog. The Punjab Kings batter lost all the shape and he missed the ball, which went on to hit the stumps and send the opposition skipper packing.

Jofra Archer was extremely pumped up after he removed Shreyas Iyer and ran away to his left to celebrate.

Watch: Jofra Archer cleans up Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer to take Rajasthan Royals off to a dream start

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Shreyas Iyer was back in the hut after scoring 10 runs off 5 balls. The Punjab Kings skipper had a strike rate of 200 and also slammed two boundaries in his innings. With his wicket, the home side came under massive pressure as they were left reeling at 11/2.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag take Rajasthan Royals to a total of 205 runs on the board

After that, things got even worse for the Punjab Kings as after that, both Marcus Stoinis (1) and Prabhsimran Singh (17) also perished. The Shreyas Iyer-led side was left tottering at 43/4 as Rajasthan Royals took command of the game early while defending a massive total of over 200 runs.

Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) and Sanju Samson (38) gave a solid start to Rajasthan Royals. Riyan Parag also came up with a brilliant effort with the bat as he played an unbeaten innings of 43 runs off 25 balls. Shimron Hetmyer (20*) also played a cameo down the order that powered Rajasthan Royals to a total of 205 runs on the board.

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