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Rain played spoilsport to what was turning out to be thriller between Punjab Kings and defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders in a Tata IPL 2025 encounter. As the match was called off after KKR played 1 over scoring 7. Both teams shared 1 point each.
Earlier, Punjab Skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat first . And the Kings were off to blazing start as KKR bowlers had no clue where to bowl. It was carnage from the start. The in-from Punjab openers – Priyansh Arya 69 ( 35 balls , 8 fours, 4 sixes) and the experienced Prabhsimran Singh put on a superb 120 run- stand for the first wicket in 11. 5 overs when Ary fell.
Prabhsimran Singh carried on the onslaught smashing 83 ( 49 balls, 6 fours , 6 sixes) and was unlucky not to get to a well deserved hundred. Glenn Maxwell’s horror run continued out for just ( 7) , Maxwell has come under fire for his below par scores. Marco Jansen too holed out for 3. Skipper Shreyas Iyer not out 25 ( 16 balls, 1 four, 1 six) and Josh Inglis not out 11 ( 6 balls, 2 fours) saw Punjab Kings reach an imposing 201/ 4 in their 20 overs. A thriller was on the cards.
KKR Bowling : Vaibhav Arora 2/ 34 ( 4 overs) , Chetan Sakariya 0/ 39 ( 3 overs) , Harshit Rana 0/ 27 ( 2 overs) , Varun Chakaravarthy 1/ 39 ( 4 overs) , Sunil Narine 0/ 35 ( 4 overs), Andre Russell 1/ 27 ( 3 overs)
The crowd were expecting KKR chase at home. But the rain intervened after one over and was hence called off finally at 10: 58 pm . KKR were 7/ 0 ( 1 over) with Rahmanullah Gurbaz not out 1 , Sunil Narine not out 4
Match: IPL 2025, 44th Match
Venue: Kolkata | Date: April 26, 2025
