Preity Zinta’s Shahrukh Khan has proved the importance of a finisher in the team, as he smashed some big shots to register a comfortable victory for Punjab Kings. Kolkata had a good start but the sensational bowling performance of Punjab Kings in the death over restricted them from a big total and the captain of Punjab Kings KL Rahul took the responsibility and stood in the middle till the last of the game. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders versus Punjab Kings.
Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field first and Venkatesh Iyer provided a good start to Kolkata Knight Riders and he came out without helmet as the first over was bowled by a spinner. Iyer has scored 67 runs from 49 balls and he has touched a milestone in the history of IPL. He becomes one of the first 5 batsmen who scored the most number of runs in the first five innings, he has scored 196 runs in the five innings in IPL 2021. It is worth mentioning that Rohit Sharma is top on this table as he scored 235 runs in his first five innings.
Rahul Tripathi added 34 runs while Nitish Rana scored 31 and Dinesh Karthik added 11 in his account. Kolkata Knight Riders finished their innings at 165/7.
In the reply, the opening pair of Punjab Kings- KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal provided a good start Mayank Agarwal was dismissed for 40 runs but KL Rahul stood strongly in the middle and he scored 67 runs. Having said that, Rahul has also got the most number of runs in IPL 2021 edition and he got the Orange Cap as well in the match.
It is worth mentioning that the fielding unit of the Kolkata Knight Riders was very poor and the wrong decision of the third umpire at 18.3 overs also created damage to the Kolkata Knight Riders side. Rahul Tripathi took a clean catch with a dive and KL Rahul was dismissed but the third umpire said that the ball was touched the ground and give not out decision.
That said, Shahrukh Khan proved the importance of a finisher in a team, as he smashed 22 runs from Just 9 balls and guided Punjab Kings to the victory. Punjab kings registered 5 wickets victory over Kolkata Knight Riders and made things difficult for KKR for their playoff berth.
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