Mumbai April 27 : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their first win in IPL season 14 after 4 consecutive defeats. The team defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 5 wickets in the 21st match of the IPL 2021 season. However, KKR had a poor start once again. But Morgan and Rahul’s partnership won KKR. The KKR team reached number six 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, Punjab Kings scored 123 runs losing 9 wickets.
In response, the Kolkata team lost 5 wickets and scored 126 runs in 16.4 overs. Rahul Tripathi scored 41 off 32 balls and captain Eoin Morgan scored 47 runs off 40 balls. 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 an 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 a brilliant catch from here, from where Captain Morgan took over 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 run out by 10 runs. After which KKR won the match.