Kolkata beat Punjab by 5 wickets - First win after 4 continuos defeat

 

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their first win after 4 consecutive defeats. 

The team defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 5 wickets in the 21st match of the IPL 2021 season. 

The KKR team reached number 5 in the points table with the second win in 6 matches. Before the match, the team was the last, ie number 8. 

At the same time, this is Kolkata team's 5th win in the last 6 matches against Punjab Kings.

Batting first after losing the toss, the Punjab Kings scored 123 runs losing 9 wickets. In response, the Kolkata team lost 5 wickets and scored 126 runs in 16.4 overs. Captain ON Morgan scored an unbeaten 47 off 40 balls and Rahul Tripathi scored 41 off 32 balls.

Moises Henriques, Mohammed Shami, Arshadip Singh and Deepak Hooda took 1–1 wickets for the Punjab Kings. Despite defending low scores, two Punjab bowlers Arshdeep and Deepak proved to be quite expensive. Both scored runs at an economy rate of 10–10.

Morgan and Rahul's partnership pushes KKR

• Chasing a target of 124 runs, the Kolkata team had a very poor start. The team lost both openers for 9 runs.
• First Henriques sent Nitish Rana to the pavilion without opening the account. After this Shami made Shubman Gill a victim. Gill scored 9 runs.
• The team was able to add 8 runs only that the third blow also took place. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Sunil Narine at zero. Ravi Bishnoi took his brilliant catch.
• From here, skipper ON Morgan handled the innings with Rahul Tripathi. Both of them raised the team's score to 50 from 43 balls.
• Both shared a 66-run partnership for 48 balls for the fourth wicket. The Kolkata team suffered a fourth setback at the score of 83.
• Deepak Hooda got Rahul caught out. Half the team returned to the pavilion at a score of 98. Andre Russell was runout after scoring 10 runs.
• Finally Morgan along with Dinesh Karthik won the team with 20 balls left. Karthik finished the match with a four.

• Chris Gayle could not even open account

  Punjab Kings scored 123 runs losing 9 wickets. Mayank Agarwal scored the highest 31 off 34 balls and Chris Jordan scored 30 off 18 balls. Captain Lokesh Rahul and Nicholas Puran were able to score 19-19 runs. While batting at number 3, Chris Gayle could not even open the account. In-form Deepak Hooda scored just 1 run. At the same time, fast bowler famous Krishna took 3 wickets. Spinner Sunil Narine and fast bowler Pat Cummins took 2–2 wickets.

• Punjab team reduced to small scores losing wickets in consecutive intervals

  • Punjab Kings had a very slow start. Opener Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agarwal had added 29 runs in 5 overs.
  • The team suffered its first setback in the last over of the powerplay. Captain Lokesh Rahul was dismissed for 19 runs off 20 balls. Pat Cummins took the wicket.
  • The team's second wicket fell at the score of 38 in the very next over. Fast bowler Shivam Mavi sent Chris Gayle to the pavilion without opening the account.
  • The team reached 42 runs only that the famous Krishna gave the third blow. He got Deepak Hooda caught for 1 run.
  • After losing the initial 3 wickets, the Punjab team completed 50 runs in the 10th over. On the score of 60, the team also lost the fourth wicket.
  • Sunil Narine sent opener Mayank Agarwal to the pavilion. Rahul Tripathi caught his brilliant catch on the boundary.
  • 6 players of the Punjab team returned to the pavilion for 79 runs. At first Naren sent Moises Henriques to the pavilion.
  • Then Varun Chakraborty made Nicholas Puran a victim. From here, Shah Rukh pushed the innings to take the score beyond 100 runs.
  • The team's score was 98 for 7 wickets in 18 overs. After this Chris Jordan played the big shot, taking the team's score to 120.
  • Jordan scored 11 runs in the 19th over with a six. In the last over, he hit 2 long sixes. In this over, the team scored 14 runs.

  • A change in the team of Punjab

    Punjab captain Rahul made a change. He replaced Chris Jordan in the squad, replacing Fabian Allen. At the same time, Morgan did not change KKR's playing-11. This was the first match of the IPL at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

    Both the teams included 4-4 foreign players in
    the playing-11 of Kolkata including foreign players like Andre Russell, Pat Cummins and Sunil Narine, including captain ON Morgan. At the same time, the Punjab team included foreign players Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran and Chris Jordan.