Punjab defended the lowest score in IPL dainik bhaskar moments | पंजाब ने IPL का सबसे छोटा स्कोर डिफेंड किया: रमनदीप का डाइविंग कैच, रहाणे रिव्यू न लेने की वजह से आउट; मोमेंट्स-रिकॉर्ड्स
Mullanpur5 minutes ago
- Copy link

In the 31st match of IPL-18, Punjab Kings defended the shortest score of the tournament. The team gave a target of 112 runs to Kolkata Knight Riders in Mullanpur on Tuesday. In response, 4 wickets of Yuzvendra Chahal gave Kolkata to 95 runs.
Prabhasimran applied six on the helicopter shot. Ramandeep caught diving catch. Rahane was dismissed for not taking review. In the IPL, Sunil Naren became the highest wicket -taking bowler against one team. Chahal took 4 wickets in a match for the eighth time.
Read the top moments and records of Pbks vs KKR match …
1. Prabhasimran puts six on helicopter shot

Prabhasimran Singh scored 30 runs on 15 balls.
In the third over of Punjab’s innings, Prabhasimran put six on the helicopter shot. Vaibhav Arora put the second ball full and straight of the over, which Prabhasimran took full advantage of. They moved forward and came in line, using the wrinkles tremendously, hit the ball a flat six across the deep midwicket. Prabhasimran Played a shot in helicopter style.
2. Ramandeep caught a catch by diving forward

Ramandeep caught Iyer on a score of zero.
On the fourth ball of the third over, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer returned to the pavilion on a score of zero with a brilliant catch by Ramandeep Singh. Harshit Rana bowled short and wide balls. But Shreyas played in the air at an attempt to cut it. The ball went towards the deep third man. Here Ramandeep Singh ran forward and took a spectacular diving catch a few inches above the ground.
3. Shashank’s catch from Rinku missed

Shashank Singh scored 18 runs.
Shashank Singh got a life on the fourth ball of the 11th over. Naren dumped near the full ball off stump, Shashank bowed down and played slog sweep shot and hit the ball with a height towards the midwick. Here fielder Rinku Singh ran to the left and tried to catch the catch, but the ball went for a fours.
4. Vaibhav runout Bartlett

Bartlett was runout by scoring 11 runs.
Xavier Bartlett was runout on the third ball of the 16th over. Vaibhav Arora’s ball was goodenth at the middle stump, Bartlett hit a loud drive towards long on and a run was completed. But then suddenly Bartlett tried to take a second run, while the throw was already coming. Arshadeep also refused here, but by then it was too late. Venkatesh Iyer’s throw came and Arora scattered the gills.
5. Rahane did not take review

Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs.
Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane was out LBW on the fourth ball of the eighth over. Yuzvendra Chahal put a ball near the off stump, Rahane tried to sweep him but missed it, and the ball hit the back leg.
The umpire raised the finger and Rahane first started walking without thinking, then talked to Raghuvanshi but finally returned to the pavilion without a review. Ball tracking made it clear that the impact of the ball was outside the stump, that is, if they had taken a review, they would have been not out. He scored 17 runs.

The ball tracking showed that the impact of the ball was outside the stump.
Facts and records
- In the IPL, Sunil Naren became the highest wicket -taking bowler against one team. Naren has taken 36 wickets against Punjab so far. He is followed by Umesh Yadav, who has taken 35 wickets against Punjab itself.
- Punjab Kings were all out against Kolkata for the second time in IPL. The team could score 111 runs yesterday. Earlier, Kolkata was all out for 137 runs in 2022 Wankhede.
- Arshdeep Singh threw the fifth maiden over of IPL 2025. He also took the wicket of Vaibhav Arora in this over.
- Yuzvendra Chahal’s name is now at the top of the bowlers taking 4 or more wickets in the IPL several times. He has taken 4 or more wickets in an innings 8 times so far. In this list, Sunil Naren has also done such a feat with him 8 times, while Lasith Malinga (7), Kagiso Rabada (6) and Amit Mishra (5) have done so. This record for Chahal is even more special because he has taken 4 or more wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the third time, which is the most often against any one team by any bowler.

Chahal took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs.
Punjab defends the smallest score of IPL Punjab defended the smallest score in IPL history. The team scored 111 runs by batting first and all out Kolkata for 95 runs. Prior to that, in 2009, Chennai Super Kings saved Punjab’s 116/9 score.
