In another last-over thriller by Punjab Kings, PBKS defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets. For PBKS, the top performer was KL Rahul who scored 67 from 55 balls, smashing 4 fours & 2 sixes. Mayank Agarwal also scored 40 off 27 balls with 3 fours & 3 sixes. They provided a good opening partnership of 70 runs in 8.5 overs.
After that, PBKS batting declined but the skipper held one end and at last came Shahrukh Khan, who scored 22* off 9 balls and finished the match with a six.
For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy picked up important wickets of Mayank Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran. Knight Riders seemed very sloppy on the field, as they dropped KL Rahul at 1, Mayank Agarwal at 0 who went on to score 40 runs. In the end also, KKR fielder Rahul Tripathi missed a catch and it went over the boundary for six.
