IPL 2025: In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League, Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders today. The Punjab team won the match by 16 runs. In the match played in Mulanpur, Chandigarh, Kolkata’s team could not even score a score of 112 runs. The Punjab team has saved the shortest score in the history of IPL. Earlier in 2009, a score of 116 runs was saved in the match played between Chennai and Punjab.
Batting first, the Punjab team was all out for 111 runs in 15.3 overs. In response, Kolkata’s team could score only 95 runs. Usually high scoring matches are seen on the field, but the Punjab bowling unit overshadowed the Kolkata batsmen despite the small target.
Kolkata started poorly chasing a target of 112 runs. Both batsmen were dismissed on a score of 7 runs. Quinton de Kock was dismissed for 2 runs and Sunil Naren scored 5 runs. In this low -score match, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and captain Ajinkya Rahane shared a 55 -run hopes of Kolkata’s victory. Raghuvanshi was Kolkata’s top scorer in the match, scoring 37 runs. Rahane on the other hand scored 17 runs.
5 wickets fell for 7 runs
Chasing a target of 112 runs, Kolkata had scored 72 runs at the loss of 3 wickets at one time. After this, with the dismissal of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, one player was out and Kolkata’s team lost 5 wickets for just 7 runs. During this, the wickets of Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana fell. Venkatesh scored just 7 runs and Rinku Singh, who was expecting a big score, was also dismissed by just 2 runs.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s strategy
Yuzvendra Chahal was the biggest contribution in defeating Kolkata’s team. He took four important wickets for just 28 runs in 4 overs. Chahal turned the match in favor of Punjab by taking the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and especially Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Apart from this, he also took the wickets of Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh.
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