NEW DELHI: Yuzvendra Chahal produced a sensational spell of leg-spin to assist Punjab Kings pull off the best heist in IPL historical past, defending a record-low whole of 111 to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs at Mullanpur on Tuesday.
Chahal returned figures of 4/28 as Kolkata, cruising at 62/2 of their chase, collapsed to 95 all out in 15.1 overs. The win lifted Punjab to fourth within the factors desk with 4 wins from six matches.
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KKR regarded in management with a 55-run third-wicket stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi earlier than Chahal trapped Rahane lbw and dismissed Raghuvanshi within the subsequent over. He then dismissed Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh off successive balls to rattle the center order.
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Andre Russell threatened briefly with two sixes and a 4 off Chahal, however Marco Jansen bowled him to seal a dramatic win. Arshdeep Singh and Jansen claimed key late wickets as Punjab celebrated wildly.
Earlier, Punjab had slumped to 111 in 15.3 overs regardless of a fast begin from Priyansh Arya (22) and Prabhsimran Singh (30). Harshit Rana (3/25), Varun Chakravarthy (2/21) and Sunil Narine (2/14) dominated the innings earlier than Punjab’s bowlers turned the tables in one in every of IPL’s best upsets.

Transient scores:
Punjab Kings: 111 in 15.3 overs in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 30; Harshit Rana 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/21, Sunil Narine 2/14)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 95 in 15.1 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37; Yuzvendra Chahal 4/28, Marco Jansen 3/17)