PBKS vs KKR, IPL 2025: Yuzvendra Chahal classic helps Punjab defend 111, powers record-breaking win - Action in Images
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- Punjab Kings looked down and out but Yuzvendra Chahal starred with a four-wicket haul as they dismissed Kolkata Knight Riders for 95 runs.
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Punjab Kings followed up losing a match after scoring 245/6 by winning a game after being all out for 111 runs. They broke the record for the lowest score ever defended in a T20 match as they beat KKR by 16 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been a shadow of his usual self this season, found form in spectacular fashion, taking four wickets in his first three overs. (PTI)
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PBKS started well but it was all done with Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer falling to Harshit Rana in the fourth over off rather inocuous deliveries. Rana went on to dismiss Prabhsimran Singh off the last ball of the powerplay. (Hindustan Times)
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KKR's spinners then took over. Varun Chakravarthy had dismissed Josh Inglis in the powerplay and he later sent back Glenn Maxwell. He returned figures of 2/21 in 4 overs. (AP)
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Sunil Narine, meanwhile, picked two wickets in the 11th over. He finished with figures of 2/14 in three overs. PBKS were all out for 111 runs in 15.3 overs(AFP)
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Punjab made a good start with Narine falling to Jansen in the first over and Quinton de Kock to Xavier Bartlett in the next. (PTI)
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However, Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi seemingly took the game away from PBKS with a 55-run stand that came in just 38 balls. (PTI)
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KKR needed just 50 to win from 75 balls when Yuzvendra Chahal got Rahane LBW in his first over. Incredibly, Rahane decided to not review it despite later replays showing that the impact was outside off stump. (REUTERS)
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Chahal then handed another blow in his next over by dismissing Raghuvanshi for 37 off 28 balls. Maxwell then got Venkatesh Iyer in the next over and all of a sudden, KKR had lost their top five. Chahal then deepened their crisis by dismissing Rinku Singh for a nine-ball two with the third ball of the 12th over and then sending back Ramandeep Singh next ball. (AP)
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Marco Jansen then dismissed Rana in the next over and all of a sudden, KKR were down to their last two wickets. Chahal returned after that to bowl out in the 14th over and Andre Russell, who has hardly scored any runs all year long, tonked him for two sixes and a four, thus bring KKR's requirement down to 17 needed from 36 balls. (PTI)
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Arshdeep Singh then returne for the 15th over and Vaibhav Arora tried to survive him. He almost succeeded but ended up falling last ball, thus making it a clutch wicket-maiden from Arshdeep. (AFP)
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