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Punjab Kings start with a win in IPL-16: Defeated Kolkata by 7 runs by DLS method

Published - 1-APR-2023 14:44 IST | Updated - 11-APR-2024 19:34 IST

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Punjab Kings have started with a win in IPL-16. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-curtailed match.

Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl at Mohali ground. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 191 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Kolkata had scored 146 runs for 7 wickets in 16 overs when rain came and the game had to be stopped.

Andre Russell got out after scoring 35 runs. He was caught by Sam Karen at the hands of Sikandar Raza. Earlier, Rinku Singh was dismissed for 4 runs, skipper Nitish Rana for 24 runs, wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 22 runs.

Punjab bowlers dominated the power play

Chasing the target of 192 runs, the start of Kolkata was not good. The team lost three wickets in the first 6 overs to score 46 runs.

Rajapaksa half-century

Punjab Kings scored 191 runs Batting first after losing the toss at Mohali ground, Punjab Kings scored 191 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored a 32-ball 50 while skipper Shikhar Dhawan scored 40 off 29 balls. There was a partnership of 86 runs in 55 balls between the two. Earlier, opener Prabhsimran Singh got the team off to a brisk start scoring 23 runs. Tim Southee got two wickets. Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narel and Varun Chakraborty got one wicket each.

86 runs partnership between Rajapakse Dhawan

Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa and captain Shikhar Dhawan shared a half-century partnership for the second wicket. Both added 86 runs on 55 balls. This partnership recovered the team from the first setback. Punjab got the first blow for 23 runs. Then Prabhasimran was out.

Playing 11

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sikandar Raza, Shah Rukh Khan, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players: Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Tayde, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathi, Harpreet Singh Bhatia.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicket-keeper), Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy.

Impact Players: Suyash Arora, Jagdishan, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese.

2023-04-01