pbks vs kkr highlights punjab kings beats kolkata knight riders by 16 runs thrilling contest shreyas iyer yuzvendra chahal harshit rana ipl 2025
Pbks vs kkr highlights IPL 2025 Match 31: Punjab Kings have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs. What is the thrill, the audience who came to the ground of Mullanpur today must have been aware of it. In this match, Punjab team was all out for just 111 runs while playing first. In response, KKR’s team could score only 95 runs. Usually, high-scoring matches are seen on this ground, but the bowling unit of Punjab despite being a small target, rescued the sweat of the batsmen of Kolkata.
KKR started chasing a target of 112 runs. By the score of 7 runs, both openers were out. Quinton de Kock was dismissed by 2 runs and Sunil Naren only 5 runs. In this low-scoring match, Angaksh Raghuvanshi and captain Ajinkya Rahane shared a 55-run shared and raised the hope of KKR’s victory. Raghuvanshi was the top scorer of Kolkata in the match, whose bat scored 37 runs. Rahane on the other hand scored 17 runs.
5 wickets fell within seven runs
KKR chased the target of 112 runs and scored 72 runs at the loss of 3 wickets at one time. After this, the process started with the dismissal of Angkrish Raghuvanshi did not stop and the Kolkata team fell 5 wickets within just seven runs. During this, the wickets of Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana fell. Venkatesh was expected to score only 7 runs and when Rinku Singh was expected to score big, he was dismissed for just 2 runs.
Chakravyuh of Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal was the biggest contribution in the bad condition of KKR’s team. He took four important wickets for just 28 runs in 4 overs. Chahal turned the match towards Punjab by taking the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and especially Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Apart from this, he also took the wicket of Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh.
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