- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 circus catch behind the stumps! Prabhsimran charges a length ball on middle and tries to swat this over the leg side but it climbs on him a touch and he gets a thin top edge. The ball redirects high to the right of Gurbaz behind the stumps. He reaches up to his right above head height and parries it in the air initially before shuffling a few more steps backward to his right to lunge and collect it on the second attempt before the ball can hit the turf. 21/114.4 fullish length ball on middle, Shikhar charges and miscues a heave down the ground coming off the bat nearer the toe and a chance floats gently to long-on where a chest height catch is taken by Vaibhav Arora 10 yards inside the rope. 119/53.4 fullish length ball angled across sixth stump at 145 kph, goes to drive and a thin edge is held comfortable at chest height by Gurbaz shuffling to his left to send the home fans into a frenzy. 29/25.3 Chakaravarthy sends down a leg break that fools Livingstone on a good length expecting a googly misreading this out of the hand and defends down the wrong line. Ball strikes him on the pads in front of off stump, huge lbw shout upheld. Livingstone reviews this. Main doubt was height. But he was clearly struck in line with the stumps. Glitch on ball-tracking. It shows the ball hitting him in line but the projection stops and the drama builds.... Finally the projection is showing the ball clipping the bails on umpire's call. The decision stays out. 53/312.3 good length ball on sixth stump, Jitesh tries to run this with an open face through third man but gets a very thin edge held onto by Gurbaz behind the stumps. 106/417.2 fuller and wider on sixth stump, Curran goes to slog sweep this and top edges this swirling over midwicket in the ring. Gurbaz runs out from behind the stumps and calls off Suyash before taking this tumbling forward. There was no fielder in the ring on the leg side so one of the two had to go for it. 139/716.5 bullseye! Fullish length on fourth stump and continues on with the angle, Rishi goes for a slog for midwicket and misses everything as off stump is knocked back halfway up. 139/6Extras13 (b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL179/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.95)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Prabhsimran Singh, 1.6 ov), 2-29 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 3.4 ov), 3-53 (Liam Livingstone, 5.3 ov), 4-106 (Jitesh Sharma, 12.3 ov), 5-119 (Shikhar Dhawan, 14.4 ov), 6-139 (Rishi Dhawan, 16.5 ov), 7-139 (Sam Curran, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 3 0 32 0 10.66 8 7 0 1 0 Harshit Rana 3 0 33 2 11.00 9 4 2 0 1 AD Russell 1 0 19 0 19.00 1 4 0 0 1 CV Varun 4 0 26 3 6.50 11 2 1 1 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 26 1 6.50 12 1 2 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 29 0 7.25 9 2 1 1 0 N Rana 1 0 7 1 7.00 3 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 full on leg stump, sweeps this but doesn't control the shot and it floats toward deep midwicket where Shahrukh Khan comes in eight yards off the rope to take a simple chest height catch. Brar raises his finger aloft in celebration. 64/24.4 full and straight again with back of the hand slower ball landing on middle beating a flick from Gurbaz, huge lbw shout this time is upheld as Ellis chases after the ball in short cover attempting to deny a leg bye just in case. Gurbaz reviews this but it looks stone dead and he already starts wandering off before the replays are done. Three reds light up on ball-tracking. Review lost. 38/115.2 good length ball outside leg stump, Rana hops around to reverse swat this high and deep over wide cover. He gets under this far more than intended and it hangs in the air long enough for Livingstone to cover 30 yards running across to his right from long-off and take a superb sliding catch on his knees going feet first to latch on in the breadbasket at thigh height. 124/413.4 googly lands on a fullish length on middle and spins away from Iyer's charge down the track. He shovels this in the air off the toe and a chance floats to long-off where Livingstone holds onto a basic chance eight yards in from the rope. 115/319.5 full and wide yorker, Russell misses trying to jam this out through point. Rinku alertly tries to steal a bye and gets a great start. Russell is very late leaving his ground though and the relay from the keeper to Arshdeep results in Arshdeep gently tossing the ball into the stumps from five yards away with Russell a few feet short. 178/5Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL182/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 4.4 ov), 2-64 (Jason Roy, 7.2 ov), 3-115 (Venkatesh Iyer, 13.4 ov), 4-124 (Nitish Rana, 15.2 ov), 5-178 (Andre Russell, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Dhawan 2 0 15 0 7.50 5 2 0 0 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 39 0 9.75 10 6 1 1 0 NT Ellis 4 0 29 1 7.25 7 2 1 0 0 SM Curran 3 0 44 0 14.66 5 5 3 1 0 LS Livingstone 2 0 27 0 13.50 2 4 1 0 0 Harpreet Brar 1 0 4 1 4.00 2 0 0 0 0 RD Chahar 4 0 23 2 5.75 8 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
08 May 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 3 wickets)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (32 balls), Extras 5
- Over 5.3: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - LS Livingstone (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 79/3 in 9.0 overs (S Dhawan 32, JM Sharma 11)
- Over 9.1: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - JM Sharma (Struck down)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (71 balls), Extras 9
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (S Dhawan 25, JM Sharma 21, Ex 4)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 41 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 131/5 in 16.0 overs (SM Curran 4, R Dhawan 11)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (113 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 179/7 in 20.0 overs (M Shahrukh Khan 21, Harpreet Brar 17)
- Over 19.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Harpreet Brar (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 4.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 67/2 in 8.0 overs (N Rana 10, VR Iyer 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (N Rana 38, VR Iyer 11, Ex 1)
- N Rana: 50 off 37 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 124/4 in 15.2 overs (AD Russell 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (AD Russell 33, RK Singh 16, Ex 1)
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