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April 15, 2025e-Paper
Updated – April 15, 2025 11:39 pm IST – New Chandigarh
Punjab Kings’ Yuzvendra Chahal and teammates celebrate a wicket during the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in Chandigarh on April 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI
Punjab Kings has produced extremes on the last two occasions it has met Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. Last year, the Kings completed a record chase of 262, and on Tuesday, the home side defended the lowest total in the tournament’s history — 111.
The spectators here at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium leaped in joy when Marco Jansen cleaned up Andre Russell as the Knight Riders fell 17 runs short of the target.
Yuzvendra Chahal led the home team’s historic fightback, claiming four for 28, including key wickets of Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ajinkya Rahane, who put on a 55-run third wicket stand after the openers fell early.
The duo played a few classic drives and seemed to steer the team to a win and two points comfortably.
However, Chahal, brought in the eighth over, claimed Rahane off his fourth ball and had Raghuvanshi caught in his next over.
Glenn Maxwell then had Venkatesh Iyer struck in front before Chahal came back to have Rinku Singh stumped and Ramandeep Singh caught off the next ball.
Andre Russell hit the leg-spinner for 16 runs, threatening to take the game away. However, Punjab’s bowlers were right on the money and didn’t let the game slip away.
Earlier, Harshit Rana triggered a top-order collapse as Kolkata shot down Punjab for 111.
He claimed three for 25 inside the PowerPlay as the Kings lost four wickets before the fielding restrictions ended.
Despite the early wickets, Punjab batters persisted with attacking.
However, Varun Chakavarathy and Sunil Narine didn’t move away from the stump-to-stump line and picked two wickets each.
Shashank Singh hit a six and a four in his 18 off 17 to take PBKS’ total past the 100-run mark.
However, Vaibhav Arora trapped him in front, and a mix-up between the last-wicket pair found the home team walking back inside 16 overs.
Published – April 15, 2025 11:04 pm IST
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IPL 2025, PBKS vs KKR: Chahal, Jansen bowl Punjab Kings to a sensational win in defence of 111 – The Hindu
