Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

 

Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders : Shreyas Iyer pulled off a heist against his former team, whom he captained to the title. This was after Punjab Kings defended the lowest total in IPL history against KKR and pulled off an improbable win. Yuzvendra Chahal led the comeback for PBKS with 4/28 as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs.

Earlier, Punjab Kings were off to a flyer with Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. However, Harshit Rana struck twice in an over to get rid off Arya and skipper Shreyas Iyer. Thereafter, the guile of Varun C got the better of Josh Inglis as PBKS lost three in the Powerplay. Thereafter, PBKS kept losing wickets in a heap and could never recover from the early setback and were ultimately bowled out for 111.

Chasing the target, KKR lost their openers in the first two overs but recovered well with Rahane and Raghuvanshi holding fort. However, Yuzvendra Chahal spun a web to pick three wickets to derail KKR's innings. Losing wickets at regular intervals led to their downfall and at the end they were all out for 95 as PBKS won by 16 runs.