In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League, Punjab Kings won against Kolkata Knight Riders. PBK won the match by 16 runs.
Toss:
PBKS won the toss and decided to bat first.
First innings:
Although PBK came to bat first, they could not catch speed well. He scored 111 runs in 15.3 overs for the loss of ten wickets. This is the lowest score this season. A total of 6 batsmen scored the same points. Prabhasimran Singh is the only batsman with the highest score of 30 runs. KKR bowlers did so well. Harshit Rana took three wickets. Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narin took every 2 wickets. Vaibhav Arora and Nortze also took a wicket. PBK failed to fully fail to the batting department.
Second innings:
Anyone will easily predict that KKR will win the game in an easy pursuing game. However, the turn in the story came when the PBK bowlers showed the same strength to the KKR bowlers. A total of 8 KKR batsmen scored one point. Angkarish Raghuvanshi was the only person with 30+ runs to try to take Jeet to the winning field. But then, PBK bowlers took away the victory from KKR. Chahal took four wickets, while Jansen took three wickets. Others took one wicket each.
In short:
The bowlers of both teams displayed amazing performances in the game. However, the batting department thwarted both teams. It is the lowest score of the season in both innings. With this win, PBKS is back in form. KKR once again proved that it is struggling. He won the last game but lost. There is inconsistency in the team, on which they should work.
Scorecard:
PBKS: 111/10 (15.3)
KKR: 95/10 (15.1)
next:
PBKS vs RCB on 18 April
KKR vs GT on 21 April
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Incidentally, this is the lowest score to defend in the history of IPL as Punjab set a new time record by defending 111 runs.
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