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    3.2 caught at long leg! That's a lucky break for KKR, the ball was nothing special, length delivery pitching outside leg stump, Arya flicked it off his thigh but didn't follow through with power like he usually does. Ramandeep takes a straightforward catch on the boundary 39/1
    5.6 he's caught on the cut this time! The Rana-Ramandeep tag team KOs Prabhsimran. Short of a length with not much width outside off, Prabhsimran is cramped for room as he cuts and one hand comes off the bat as he makes contact, slicing the ball straight to the fielder at point 54/4
    3.4 Shreyas falls for a second-ball duck! Rana is striking with some pretty average bowling! Short and wide outside off, such a hit-me ball, and Shreyas lashes the cut in the air towards deep third, where Ramandeep comes sprinting in and dives forward to take a superb catch inches from the ground 39/2
    4.5 Iglis' debut innings is short lived! He wasn't having much of a sighter against Varun, went for the big slog sweep and missed. Varun barely celebrates after the ball clatters into the stumps. Punjab in some disarray now after that flurry of boundaries 42/3
    8.4 caught at deep square leg this time! Two fours and gone. He didn't have the space to free his arms properly while playing that pull shot, Venky Iyer ran to his right from long leg to take the catch. 74/5
    9.1 bowled him! Maxwell had no idea what was happening there. Varun pitched the ball on a good length outside off and spun the wrong 'un back into the right-hander. Maxwell had come forward and then didn't know what to do, he tried to jam his bat down but was late on it, the ball spun between bat and pad and hit the stumps 76/6
    10.1 make that three wickets in hand! Shedge's gone. He tried to cut that and got a thick edge right into QDK's gloves, sharp catch that 80/7
    15.1 lbw! Shashank has reviewed immediately but I think in hope more than anything else. He was moving forward and across his stumps to play the ball coming into him with a closed face on the leg side. Arora beat the inside edge and hit the front pad on the knee roll. That's hitting leg stump. Three reds and Punjab are nine down with 29 balls to go. 109/9
    10.6 what on earth is Jansen doing? Steps out of his crease and tries to flick the ball through the legside, ends up yorking himself and Narine hits off stump 86/8
    15.3 oh dear, it's all over for Punjab. Bartlett wanted the second, but Arshdeep didn't and it was way too late for Bartlett to make his ground. Bartlett had backed away outside leg and swatted the ball towards long on, Venky fired the throw in from the deep and Bartlett was left stranded after a mix-up with Arshdeep. 111/10
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    5 (b 2, w 3)
    TOTAL
    111 all out (15.3 Overs, RR: 7.16)
    Did not bat: YS Chahal
    Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Priyansh Arya, 3.2 ov), 2-39 (Shreyas Iyer, 3.4 ov), 3-42 (Josh Inglis, 4.5 ov), 4-54 (Prabhsimran Singh, 5.6 ov), 5-74 (Nehal Wadhera, 8.4 ov), 6-76 (Glenn Maxwell, 9.1 ov), 7-80 (Suryansh Shedge, 10.1 ov), 8-86 (Marco Jansen, 10.6 ov), 9-109 (Shashank Singh, 15.1 ov), 10-111 (Xavier Bartlett, 15.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    VG Arora2.3026110.443100
    A Nortje302317.66105000
    Harshit Rana302538.33131320
    CV Varun402125.25100100
    SP Narine301424.6691010
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    1.2 do we have a game on here tonight? QDK falls early too. Not that full this time, again on the pads, and this time QDK connects, hoisting the ball high high into the air, Shedge lines it up on the long leg boundary and judges the catch superbly 7/2
    0.6 bowled him! The leg bail is in place but the off bail takes a beating. Jansen shortens the length again and angles the ball into the left-hander from over the wicket, Narine clears his front foot and swipes across the line and misses, the ball clips the top of off stump 7/1
    7.4 lbw! Rahane misses the slog sweep and is pinned on the back leg. He's walking, and then decides to chat with Raghuvanshi, and then continues walking. Oh that might have made for a good review? That ball pitched around off, and Rahane's back foot was on off stump when the ball hit him. Let's see what ball tracking has to say ... impact was outside off stump, Rahane should have reviewed! 62/3
    9.1 caught at backward point! Raghuvanshi backs away towards leg and looks to go inside out through covers, the length is shorter than ideal for that shot and the turn away from him takes the outside edge, the ball flew flat and low and Bartlett leans forward to take a low catch 72/4
    10.4 huge huge appeal for lbw and the umpire finally raises the finger! Will Venky review? He does! Maxwell angled the ball into the left-hander from around the wicket, Venky got down on one knee to sweep, having planted his front foot right across his stumps. No bat on the ball. He was hit on the knee roll. That's hitting. Three reds. KKR are five down. 74/5
    11.3 Chahal takes off on a celebratory run after foxing Rinku! Is he turning his season around? Is he turning this match around? Chahal draws Rinku forward and out of his crease with one that drifts across the left-hander from over the wicket, the ball then pitches short of the batter and spins back through the gap between bat and pad, Inglis collects and whips off the bails. Just beautiful bowling. 76/6
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    15.1 Punjab have done it. The lowest total successfully defended in IPL history! And look at these scenes out in the middle, red shirts running in from far and wide to the pitch to mob their man Marco! Short of a length ball angled into the right-hander from around the wicket, Russel cleared his front foot and swung hard, inside edge on to the stumps. Good night! Absolutely sensational game this. 95/10
    11.4 what on earth is going on here?! Incredible scenes. Chahal bowls a loopy full toss, Ramandeep tries to paddle sweep and Shreyas runs around from first slip towards leg slip to take the catch! He anticipated that beautifully. 76/7
    12.5 chopped on! The crowd in new Chandigarh are seeing a minor miracle! Rana falls to the third successive short ball. He tries to ster it to deep third once again and gets a bottom edge that uproots off stump 79/8
    14.6 got him! Arshdeep has done it. He changes the angle and goes around the wicket and bangs in the short one straight at Arora's head, he backs away and fends at it and gloves it to Inglis. Punjab are one wicket away, but KKR have Russell back on strike. 95/9
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    TOTAL
    95 all out (15.1 Overs, RR: 6.26)
    Did not bat: CV Varun
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sunil Narine, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Quinton de Kock, 1.2 ov), 3-62 (Ajinkya Rahane, 7.4 ov), 4-72 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 9.1 ov), 5-74 (Venkatesh Iyer, 10.4 ov), 6-76 (Rinku Singh, 11.3 ov), 7-76 (Ramandeep Singh, 11.4 ov), 8-79 (Harshit Rana, 12.5 ov), 9-95 (Vaibhav Arora, 14.6 ov), 10-95 (Andre Russell, 15.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    M Jansen3.101735.36123000
    XC Bartlett303011083200
    Arshdeep Singh311113.66101000
    YS Chahal402847141210
    GJ Maxwell20512.570000

Match Details

Toss

Punjab Kings , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

15 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Punjab Kings 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0

Match Notes

KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7SP NarineQ de Kock
2nd0AM RahaneQ de Kock
3rd55AM RahaneA Raghuvanshi
4th10VR IyerA Raghuvanshi
5th2RK SinghVR Iyer
6th2AD RussellRK Singh
7th0AD RussellRamandeep Singh
8th3AD RussellHarshit Rana
9th16AD RussellVG Arora
10th0AD RussellA Nortje