PBKS VS KKR Highlights: Punjab won the match by 7 runs, the match was decided by DLS rule
- Punjab set a target of 192 in front of KKR
- The match is being played at the Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
- Rajapaksa played Shadar half-century innings
IPL 2023 PBKS vs KKR live score: The second match of IPL 2023 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings today. Punjab won this match by 7 runs. The match was decided by the DLS rule.
Talking about the match, KKR captain Nitish Rana won the toss and decided to bowl first. Prabhsimran Singh and Shikhar Dhawan arrived to start the batting for Punjab. Prabhsimran is dismissed by Tim Southee. After this Rajapaksa came to bat.
Rajapaksa played a brilliant half-century innings. He played an inning of 50 runs in 32 balls. At the same time, Dhawan became the victim of Varun Chakraborty by scoring 40 runs. Punjab scored 191 runs after 20 overs.
Mandeep Singh and Rahmanullah Gurbaz opened the batting for KKR. Mandeep scored 2 and Gurbaj scored 22 runs. Anukul Roy played an inning of 4 runs.
Apart from this, Rinku Singh played an inning of 4 runs. Captain Nitish Rana could not succeed in doing anything special. He was caught out after scoring just 24 runs. After this, Andre Russell played a short but stormy innings of 35 runs in 19 balls.
After the end of 16 overs, it started raining. According to DLS, the Kolkata team was still 7 runs behind. DLS rule was imposed in the match due to continuous rain. Punjab won the match by 7 runs.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakraborty
Punjab: Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar