Punjab Kings (PBKS) Script the biggest return in IPL history, defending only 111 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), defending champion in Mulanpur. However, after the game, PBKS co-owner Preity Zinta arrived at the ground and Yuzvendra Chahal, who was the hero of the night, gave 4/28 to the match winning Spell.
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10:56 PM · 15 April, 2025
The evening began in the worst way for the domestic team, which was put on just 111 runs in 15.3 overs, as their batting collapsed. Glenn Maxwell continued his poor run, Captain Shres Iyer left for a duck, and the debutant Josh Illis also ended soon. KKR was expected to cruise to win. And when Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi stabilized the ship after two initial wickets, it seemed certain.
But Chahal Made the game towards him. In an attack to win 2 on 62 with KKR and 98% of the favorite, the 34 -year -old took four wickets in three overs through his middle order. He dismissed Rahane, who moved without reviewing a close call, and triggered the collapse of six wickets in 5.1 overs. He later pasted the wickets of Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh.
KKR still had Andre Russell, who briefly revived the opportunities with 16 runs with a chahal. But Marco Jansen laughed the last, dismissed the power-hitter and won the least successful defense in the history of IPL. After the victory, Zinta was happy with her team's performance and embraced Chahal as the team celebrated on the field. He also presented his player of the match award to the experienced spinner.
“This is a team's attempt. We wanted to be positive and we felt that it would be good if we get 2-3 wickets in the powerplay. We saw that their spinners bend it and it helped us. When I bowled the first ball, it changed, Shreyas asked me that I wanted to do a slip, but we wanted to attack, but we had the only way to attack me, which we could, we could support my abilities.
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