KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights: Punjab Kings have started the tournament with a win under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan. In their first match, Punjab defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl first at Punjab’s home ground Mohali.
Punjab scored 191 runs while batting first. In response, the Kolkata team was able to score 146 runs for seven wickets in 16 overs and lost by seven runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Kolkata Chose To Win The Toss And Bowl
KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights KKR captain Rana won the toss and chose bowling Kolkata team is playing for the first time under the coaching of Chandrakant Pandit of Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata’s four foreign players are Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, and Sunil Narine. At the same time, four foreign players of Punjab Rajapakse, Sam Karan, Nathan, Sikandar Raza
Playing 11 Of Both The Teams
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Varun Chakraborty.
Punjab Kings:
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Sikandar Raza,
KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights Punjab Kings innings
KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights Punjab Kings open the batting against Kolkata Knight Riders Prabhasimran Singh opens the batting with skipper Shikhar Dhawan Both players get off to a blistering start Prabhasimran looks in fine touch
And we’re scoring fast and Punjab King’s first wicket on the score of 23 runs, Prabhasimran was caught by Tim Southee at the hands of wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Prabhasimran scored 23 runs in 12 balls in the innings, after which he hit two fours and two sixes. Batting first, Bhanuka Rajapaksa Punjab Kings scored 56 runs for one wicket in the powerplay.
After the dismissal of Prabhsimran Singh, captain Shikhar Dhawan, and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were scoring fast and the half-century partnership between the two players Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa was also done. The Punjab team’s score crossed 100 runs at the loss of one wicket. Gone was the great partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa
And Rajapaksa completed his half-century in 30 balls in a stormy fashion He has played brilliant innings for Punjab and has taken his team to a better position. He was playing well till now by hitting two sixes and five fours, after that the team’s second wicket fell on the score of 109. Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 50 runs in 32 balls and Umesh Yadav took the wicket by getting him caught by Rinku Singh.
After that Jitesh Sharma came to bat, and after that, the third wicket of the Punjab team fell on the score of 35 runs. Jitesh lost 21 runs and wickets in 11 balls Tim Southee caught him by Umesh Yadav and took the wicket in his name, after which Sikandar Raza came, after 14 overs, Punjab’s score was 142 for three.
After that, the Punjab team’s fourth wicket fell on the score of 143 runs. Captain Shikhar Dhawan was out after scoring 40 runs in 29 balls. He hit 6 fours in his innings and his wicket was bowled by Chakaravarthy. Kings had reached 150 runs for the loss of four wickets, after that the Punjab team’s fourth wicket fell on the score of 168 runs, Sikandar Raza was also dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 13 balls. Sunil Narine caught him by captain Nitish Rana and named the wicket
After that Shah Rukh Khan came to bat and Sam Karan scored 191 runs losing five wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa top-scored with 50 runs for Punjab, Tim Southee took two wickets and Umesh Yadav took one wicket for Kolkata, Sunil Narine also took one wicket and Varun Chakraborty got one wicket.
KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights Kolkata innings
KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights Kolkata innings started the Kolkata team chasing the target of 192 runs Rahmanullah Gurbaj and Mandeep Singh Kolkata, who came to open the batting from the Kolkata side, lost Kolkata’s first wicket on the score of 13 runs. Mandeep Singh has been dismissed after scoring two runs in four balls.
Arshdeep Singh got him caught by Sam Karan, and after that Anukul Roy, who came in to bat, lost Kolkata’s second wicket on the score of 17 runs. Arshdeep Singh gets Anukul Roy caught by Sikandar Raza.
And took two wickets in the same over and the Kolkata team was wobbly Ukul Roy scored four runs in five balls, after which the Kolkata team’s third wicket fell, And on the score of 29 runs, Sam Karan got Rahmanullah clean bowled out.
He hit three fours and a six in his innings, after which Kolkata team captain Nitish Rana came to bat and the Kolkata team scored 46 runs after losing three wickets in the powerplay, after which Kolkata’s fourth wicket fell for 75 runs, captain Nitish Rana 17 He was dismissed after scoring 24 runs in the ball, he hit three fours and a six in his innings.
Sikander Raza got him caught by Rahul Chahar and took the wicket, after that Kolkata’s fifth wicket fell on the score of 80 runs, Rahul Chahar got Rinku Singh caught by Sikander Raza. Rinku Singh scored four runs in four balls
After that, Andre Russell came to bat, and after 12 overs Kolkata’s score was 91 runs at the loss of five wickets and Kolkata’s sixth wicket fell on the score of 130 runs. Andre Russell has been dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 19 balls. Sam Karan got him caught by Sikandar Raza.
Russell hit three fours and two sixes in his innings. Now Shardul Thakur came to the crease with Venkatesh Iyer, shortly after that the team’s 7th wicket fell on the score of 138 runs, and Venkatesh Iyer was dismissed after scoring 34 runs in 28 balls. He hit six and three fours in his innings. Arshdeep Singh got him caught by Rahul Chahar and took the wicket in his name, after that Sunil Narine came to bat and after 6 overs, Kolkata scored 146 runs for seven wickets.
The match stopped due to the rain
The match was stopped due to rain Kolkata team chasing the target of 192 runs scored 146 runs for seven wickets in 16 overs. Under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the Kolkata team is seven runs behind, and under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the Punjab Kings have won the match by seven runs. With this,
under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan, this team has made a winning start to the tournament. Batting first after losing the toss at their home ground, Punjab Kings scored 191 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kolkata team had scored 146 runs in 16 overs losing seven wickets. Shardul Thakur was playing eight runs in three balls and Sunil Narine scored seven runs in two balls.
Kolkata needed 46 runs in 24 balls to win. The pair could have achieved the target, but then it started raining and the match could not be played further. By this time, the Kolkata team was behind by seven runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, due to which the Kolkata team had to face defeat.
