Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer’s team did wonders in the thrilling match played on Tuesday between Punjab Kings (PBKs) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Punjab Kings did not allow KKR to score 112 runs adorned with Russell, Rinku and Rahane and won the match by 16 runs. In this match, Yuzvendra Chahal bowled amazing and took 4 wickets and put KKR out of the game.
Record of taking more than 4 wickets in IPL several times
Chahal has now come to the first place jointly with Sunil Naren in terms of taking 4 wickets in a match in the IPL. Chahal has taken 4 wickets in a match 8 times so far. See list …
8 – Yuzvendra Chahal
8 – Sunil Naren
7 – Lasith Malinga
6 – Kagiso Rabada
5 – Amit Mishra
Punjab saved the shortest score
Punjab Kings have become the first team in the history of IPL, which has defended such small total. Punjab scored 111 runs while batting first. But KKR was stopped for 95 runs.
111 – PBKS vs KKR, Mullanpur, 2025
116/9 – CSK vs PBKS, Durban, 2009
118 – SRH vs Mi, 2018
119/8 – PBKS vs Mi, Durban, 2009
119/8 – SRH vs. PWI, Pune, 2013
*Rain -affected games are not included
Such was Kolkata’s innings
In response to 112 runs, KKR started very poorly. Sunil Naren became bold in the first over. Only 5 runs came out of his bat. After this, Quinton Dickock also returned to the pavilion in the very next over. Only 2 runs came out of his bat. But after this Rahane made some good shots. But he was also out in the 8th over. Rahane scored 17 runs. After this, Raghuvanshi also continued in the 10th over. After this, Maxwell dismissed Venkatesh Iyer in the very next over. After this, Chahal walked Rinku Singh and Ramandeep in the third over of his account. After this, Kolkata could not do anything special. Russell definitely made some aggressive shots. But could not win the team. KKR was all out on the first ball of the 16th over. The Punjab team won the match by 16 runs.
Punjab’s batting was like this
After winning the toss, Punjab started to bat first. Priyansh Arya also put good shots. But in the fourth over, Priyansh Arya was dismissed by Harshit Rana. Arya scored 22 runs from the bat. After this, Punjab got back-to-back shocks. In the fourth over, Shreyas Iyer was also dismissed without opening an account. After this, Josh England was also dismissed in the next over. Prabhasimran Singh also continued in the last over of the powerplay. Only 30 runs came out of his bat. Nehal Vadhera was also dismissed for 10 runs in the 9th over. After this, Punjab’s batting was shattered like cards. The Punjab team could not play even 20 overs and was reduced to the score of 111 in the 16th over.
Punjab Kings (playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Vadhera, Josh Iglis, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlet, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Kolkata Knight Riders (playing XI): Quinton de Kock, Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Enrich Northaya, Varun Chakraborty.
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