NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings (PBKS) spinner Yuzvendra Chahal equalled Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) legend Sunil Narine‘s document for many four-wicket hauls in Indian Premier League (IPL) historical past throughout their match at Mullanpur on Tuesday.
Chahal’s spectacular spell of 4/28 helped Punjab Kings safe a 16-run victory over KKR by defending a low complete of 111 runs.
Chahal’s match-winning efficiency included the essential wickets of Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, and Ramandeep Singh, triggering a KKR collapse from 62/2 to 95 all out. This was his eighth four-wicket haul within the IPL, matching Narine’s document.

The leg-spinner additionally achieved one other milestone by changing into the third-most profitable bowler towards KKR with 33 wickets. This was his third four-wicket haul towards KKR, probably the most by any bowler towards a single opponent in IPL historical past.
Within the present IPL season, Chahal has claimed six wickets in six matches at a median of 32.50 and an financial system price of 10.26. He has additionally surpassed T20 stalwarts Mohammed Nabi (369 wickets) and Mohammed Amir (366 wickets) to grow to be the Eleventh-highest wicket-taker in T20 historical past.
With 370 wickets in 318 matches, Chahal stands as India’s main wicket-taker in T20 cricket. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan leads the general T20 wicket-takers checklist with 638 wickets in 468 matches.

Within the match, PBKS selected to bat first after profitable the toss. Priyansh Arya (22 off 12) and Prabhsimran Singh (30 off 15) supplied a robust begin with a 39-run partnership.
Nevertheless, Harshit Rana’s spectacular bowling (3/25) and Ramandeep Singh’s wonderful fielding restricted PBKS to 54/4 within the powerplay. Sunil Narine (2/14) and Varun Chakravarthy (2/21) maintained strain all through, dismissing PBKS for 111 in 15.3 overs.
In reply, KKR’s chase was derailed by distinctive bowling from Chahal (4/28) and Marco Jansen (3/17). Regardless of Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s 37 off 28 and Andre Russell’s fast 17 off 11, KKR was bowled out for 95 in 15.1 overs.
The victory positioned Punjab Kings in fourth place with eight factors from 4 wins and two losses. KKR remained sixth with six factors, having gained three and misplaced 4 matches.