PBKS vs KKR / Punjab Kings beat KKR by 7 runs, this player became the hero of victory

PBKS vs KKR: In their first match of IPL 2023, Punjab Kings defeated KKR by 7 runs by Duckworth-Lewis method. Punjab Kings scored 191 runs while batting first. Then when the KKR team lost 7 wickets for 146 runs after 16 overs. The match was then rained out, leading to the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Many star players showed amazing game for Punjab Kings.

These players did wonders

Openers performed brilliantly for Punjab Kings. Prabhsimran Singh scored 23 runs. At the same time, captain Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 40 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa definitely hit some big strokes and hit a stormy half century. He contributed 50 runs, which included five fours and 2 sixes. Rajapaksa added 86 runs for the second wicket with captain Dhawan. The team of Punjab Kings had a very good start, but they could not reach 200 runs.

Young Jitesh Sharma scored 21 runs. In the end, Sikandar Raza scored 16 runs and Sam Karan scored 26 runs with the help of 2 sixes. It was because of these batsmen that Punjab Kings were able to reach big scores. At the same time, Tim Southee took 2 wickets for KKR. Varun Chakraborty, Umesh Yadav and Sunil Narine got 1-1 wickets. Later, Rishi Dhawan replaced Bhanuka Rajapaksa as an impact player for Punjab Kings. At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer replaced Varun Chakraborty from KKR.

KKR's batting scattered

None of the star batsmen from KKR could do wonders and the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The beginning of the team was very bad. When opener Mandeep Singh was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh after scoring just 1 run. After this, Ankul Roy also could not show amazing and got out after scoring only 4 runs. Then Venkatesh Iyer and captain Nitish Rana tried to handle the innings. Rana scored 24 runs. At the same time, Iyer contributed 34 runs. In the end, Andre Russell had raised hopes of victory, but he did not quite live up to the expectations. Russell scored 35 runs.

Arshdeep Singh took maximum 3 wickets for Punjab Kings. At the same time, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza and Rahul Chahar got 1-1 wickets. The Punjab Kings bowlers also bowled very economically, which prevented the KKR batsmen from hitting big strokes.