Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets

Match Details

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings

Venue - Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Toss Winner - Punjab Kings won the toss and opt to bat

Series - Indian Premier League 2023

Date of the Match - Monday, 8 May, 2023

Time - 07:30 PM (IST)

Season - 2023

Umpires - Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND), Akshay Totre (IND)

Third Umpire - Ulhas Gandhe (IND)

Match Referee - Sanjay Raul (IND)

Player of the Match - Andre Russell

Match Review

On Monday, May 8, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings played in the 53rd match of the Indian Premier League 2023.

PBKS found it difficult to gain momentum until the final two overs, when Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar significantly helped them. In those two over, Punjab Kings scored 36 runs, making their final score of 179/7. As a result, KKR were unable to gain any momentum throughout the powerplay, and as a result, they are now in need of more than 50 runs to win in the final five overs.

But in the 19th over, Andre Russell flipped the script by hitting three sixes. Suddenly, KKR only needed six runs from the final over to win, but Arshdeep Singh made sure it came down to the final ball. To help KKR over the finish line, Rinku Singh smashed a four off that.

Brief Score

Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 182 for 5 in 20 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) 15, Venkatesh Iyer 11, Nitish Rana 51, Rinku Singh 21, Andre Russell 42, Jason Roy 38, Shardul Thakur 0, Extras 4)

Punjab Kings have scored 179 for 7 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 12, Shikhar Dhawan 57, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 0, Liam Livingstone 15, Jitesh Sharma (wk) 21, Sam Curran 4, Shahrukh Khan 21, Harpreet Brar 17, Rishi Dhawan 19, Extras 13)

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