As it happened: IPL 2022 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
By Sidharth MongaRussel muscles KKR to win
Eight sixes in 31 balls to go with two fours, and mockery has been made of a precarious match situation of 51 for 4. KKR are home with 33 balls to spare. We leave you with a teaser from our final report. See you tomorrow.
Zero backward steps taken. Two of the most exciting sides in this IPL threw punch after punch at each other, but the toss disadvantage proved to be too much Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders. PBKS played the game KKR did two nights ago in an attempt to provide for the inevitable dew and chasing advantage: just keep going hard and refuse to rebuild until that is the last option left. It is a shame that just like for KKR, it didn’t work out for PBKS. They were bowled out for 137 with 10 balls to spare, a total KKR chased down in 14.3 overs despite being 51 for 4. Right from their team selection, KKR kept picking the aggressive option. They replaced a wicketkeeper-batter with a specialist bowler, went for wickets every time PBKS threatened to run away, bowled out their four main bowlers in the first 17 to try to bowl PBKS out, and then, at 51 for 4, a circumspect Andre Russell saw them through with 70 off 31.