Punjab Kings' head coach Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said his team's thrilling 16-run win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders could be a "season-defining" victory in the Indian Premier League. After being bundled out for a mere 111, Punjab Kings roared back to win the low-scoring thriller to beat KKR by 16 runs with Yuzvendra Chahal returning 4-0-28-4 and Marco Jansen taking 3/17. PBKS thus defended the lowest total in IPL history. The earlier lowest total defended was 116 by Chennai Super Kings against then Kings XI Punjab in 2009.

"Our batting was poor, the shot selection and execution was all poor, but when I saw us take the field and we got the wickets early on " what we we have been lacking is, bit of belief to the ball and bit of energy in the field and that was there for everyone to see tonight," Ponting told the broadcaster. "If we had done in a really close one I would have been telling the guys that was actually a season-defining moment and might be now as well. To be able to dig deep and win a game like that, I reckon at the halfway mark there weren't too many people around the world that thought we could have defended it and we have, credit to all the boys.