Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had been cruising of their run-chase earlier than Yuzvendra Chahal turned the sport on its head with 4 fast wickets. Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated KKR by 16 runs, pulling off one of many biggest heists in IPL historical past by defending a paltry whole of simply 111 to stun KKR in Mullanpur.
Yuzvendra Chahal led the cost with a masterclass in spin bowling, selecting up key wickets at essential moments.

Shreyas Iyer introduced Yuzvendra Chahal into the assault within the eighth over, and the veteran spinner struck in his first over. Chahal trapped Rahane, who did not take the evaluation and walked again. If Rahane had gone to the third umpire, he would have survived, because the influence was exterior the off-stump.

“I’ll take the blame because the captain of the workforce. I performed the incorrect shot; it was lacking, however nonetheless, I’ll take the blame. Angkrish Raghuvanshi was not very certain; he mentioned most likely it could possibly be umpire’s name. I wasn’t certain as properly, and that was the dialogue,” Rahane mentioned on the post-match presentation.
In his subsequent over, Chahal, who’s battling a shoulder harm, obtained the wicket of the set batter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
“What about Chahal? Merely excellent. He had a health take a look at earlier than this recreation, with a shoulder harm he picked up within the earlier recreation. I had a chat with him, and he instructed me, ‘coach, I’m completely nice,'” mentioned coach Ricky Ponting.

Chahal was on a hat-trick in his third over as he dismissed Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh.
Nonetheless, his spell was considerably spoilt by Andre Russell, who hit two sixes and one boundary in his final over. Chahal completed with magical bowling figures of 4 for 28.
Earlier, Punjab Kings had been bowled out for a mere 111 in 15.3 overs. Skipper Shreyas Iyer’s (0) early dismissal sparked the collapse after PBKS’s vivid begin, which noticed their openers Priyansh Arya (22) and Prabhsimran Singh (30) including 39 runs in 3.1 overs.
For KKR, India pacer Harshit Rana took 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy claimed 2/21, and Sunil Narine bagged 2/14.