Yet another nail-biter as Punjab Kings IPL pull off a 5 wicket win over KKR in Dubai.
The game went into the final over but Punjab Kings (PBKS) held their nerve and edged out Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by five wickets in Match 45 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Dubai on Friday.
In the chase, Mayank Agarwal got an early reprieve as KKR captain Eoin Morgan dropped a catch off Tim Southee. Mayank then made KKR pay for that reprieve and creamed three fours and two sixes during powerplay as he and KL Rahul guided PBKS to 46/0 in the powerplay.
The pair completed a fifty-run stand in the seventh over. But KKR managed to break the opening act as Varun Chakaravathy dismissed Mayank for 40 in the ninth over. While Nicholas Pooran, who replaced Mayank in the middle, got a life in the 10th over, the left-hander got out in the next over bowled Chakaravarthy.
Rahul hit two fours in the penultimate over but got out for 67 in the final over. Shahrukh then sealed a win for PBKS after Rahul Tripathi could not complete a difficult catch.
KL Rahul is adjudged Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 67 Punjab Kings win by 5 wickets.
WHAT A WIN! 👏 👏
Yet another nail-biter as @PunjabKingsIPL pull off a 5 wicket win over #KKR in Dubai. 👍 👍 #VIVOIPL #KKRvPBKS
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/lUTQhNzjsM pic.twitter.com/3J2N1X6a4G
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 1, 2021
Brief Scores: Punjab Kings 168/5 (KL Rahul 67, Mayank Agarwal 40; Varun Chakaravarthy 2/24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 165/7 (Venkatesh Iyer 67, Rahul Tripathi 34; Arshdeep Singh 3/32) by 5 wickets.
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