Punjab Kings defended 111, the lowest in IPL history, thrown out KKR for 95.
Punjab Kings defended 111 against Kolkata Knight Riders, who thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal (4 for 28) and Marco Jansen (3 for 17) for the sensational mantra.
It was a successor on a cricket ground if everyone was there. Kolkata Knight Riders celebrated their jobs when Punjab Kings were excluded for 111 despite a strong inauguration stand. To be honest, half the job should be done, dust is completed.
Yuzvendra Chahal Hero
By the time Yuzvendra Chahal stepped. PBKS fast bowling coaches wanted his star leg-spinner to be used a little more. The highest wicket -taker in the history of IPL ended an unproductive weather until fleeing KKR in Mulanpur on Tuesday night.
During more than 200 yoga days, 112 pursuit was considered a cake-walk. KKR decreased by 16 runs. All thanks to Chahal’s destructive magic and major wickets by Jenson, including Andre Russell’s last one, threatened to spoil the Punjab party. The efforts were outlined by Chahal, which now holds a record for most four wickets in the IPL with Sunil Narrens.
PBK broke the 16 -year -old record. The irony is that it was in 2009 when CSK successfully defended 116 vs. PBK. In 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad defended 118 against Mumbai Indians. In 2019, PBKS won against MI despite scoring 119. Such low yogas have not been defended in the IPL for years and that is why their efforts of Punjab were even more spectacular.
PBKs now hold records for the highest successful run chase and the lowest total rescue in the IPL. Incidentally, both of them came at the cost of KKR.
The lowest yoga rescue in IPL
- 111 – PBKS vs KKR, Mulanpur, 2025
- 116/9 – CSK VS PBKS, Durban, 2009
- 118 – SRH VS MI, Mumbai WS, 2018
- 119/8 – PBKS vs Mi, Durban, 2009
- 119/8 – SRH VS PWI, Pune, 2013
Turn -round
Last week, when KKR needed 104 to win against Chennai Super Kings, he got home with 8 wickets and 59 balls. Naturally, there were similar expectations against PBK, but Chahal had different plans.
KKR lost Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kok quickly, but Ajinkya Rahane had pacified the veins with Angakish Raghuvanshi. The pair came together at 7 for 2 and finished 62nd for 2 before removing Chahal with 62 for 2 in the 8th over. Repley suggested that the decision of LBW should have been reviewed by the KKR captain and in fact, the effect was outside the off-stump.
In his next over, Chahal removed the well -set Angkarish Raghuvanshi for 37. There was still no way that KKR did not think of an easy win, but Glenn Maxwell, who again flopped with the bat, snatched Venkatesh Iyer. When Chahal rejected the balls of Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh in the 12th over, PBK actually started believing.
KKR had two more shocks to deal with Marco Jansen, which removed Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh dropped Vaibhav Arora out of the last ball of his magic. Amidst those two dismissal, Andre Russell somehow placed KKR in the game with 2 sixes and kept Chahal in his final over.
Jansen gave a knockout punch
With the remaining 5 overs, KKR needed only 17, but he had only 1 wicket. Jansen bowled Russell, who tried to get the ball out of the park – there were crazy scenes of ceremonies as Jensen was gathered by her colleagues after a sensational victory.
PBKS’s innings lost steam and never gained any momentum after a rapid start with Priyash Arya and Prabhasimran Singh. The twist came in the 4th over when Harshit Rana removed Arya and Shreyas Iyer for a duck.
After winning the final IPL with him, Iyer’s first match against KKR was. It was a big wicket because what kind of PBKS captain was this season.
Prabhasimran Singh soon fell and on either side of his dismissal, PBKS lost Josh England, Nehal Wadera and Glenn Maxwell.
Suryash Shej was brought as an impact player, but it did not help Punjab and when Shashank Singh fell for 18, the writing seemed to be on the wall. Zewear Bartlett was run out after a comic mix-up with Arshdeep Singh as PBKS’s innings scored 111 runs in 15.3 overs.
Harshit Rana was the best KKR bowler with 3 for 25, while Varun Chakraverthi and Sunil Narin pockets 2 wickets. Vaibhav Arora and Anrich Nortje, who replaced Moeen Ali, chose every 1 wicket.
This was the second serial match when KKR bowlers opened fire and limited the opposition to a low score. Four days ago, the CSK was receiving at the end of the bowling attack of Knight Riders in a crushed necklace at Eden Gardens. Not in his wild dreams, KKR would have thought of losing the game – leave an idea for his bowlers who saw one of the most timid batting performances in the history of IPL.
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