IPL 2025: Chahal's four-wicket haul helps PBKS seal victory by 16 runs over KKR

Yuzvendra Chahal led a stunning comeback for Punjab Kings with brilliant figures of 428 as the hosts defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in a lowscoring Indian Premier League thriller here on TuesdayAfter restricting PBKS for 111 inside 16 overs KKR looked set for an easy win reaching 60 for two in seven oversChahal on fireChahal however ran through the KKR middleorder to hand Punjab an unlikely but thrilling victory as KKR were bowled out for 95 in 151 overs Marco Jansen took 317 in 31 oversEarlier KKR dished out a clinical bowling show to bundle out hosts Punjab Kings out for just 111 mdash the third lowest total in this IPL seasonAlso ReadDeath of an umpirePBKS captain Shreyas Iyerrsquos ploy to bat first after winning the toss at their home ground backfired as all their batters except openers Priyansh Arya 22 and Prabhsimran Singh 30 struggled on the home pitch Only three other batters mdash Nehal Wadhera 10 Shashank Singh 18 and Xavier Bartlett 11 mdash could register doubledigit scoresSome PBKS batters were also guilty of reckless batting and poor shot selectionHarshit Rana 325 was the most successful bowler while Varun Chakaravarthy 221 and Sunil Narine 214 chipped in with two apieceArya 22 off 12 balls who hit a sensational hundred to win PBKSrsquo match against Chennai Super Kings struck two fours off Anrich Nortje in the second over to set the tone of the home sidersquos innings Prabhsimran then struck a six and two fours in the next over bowled by Vaibhav Arora who conceded 20 runsRana was welcomed by Arya with a six but the bowler had the last laugh as the batter holed out to Ramandeep Singh Inform PBKS captain Iyer was dismissed first ball with Ramandeep taking a stunning catch Ramandeep ran a few yards and made a full length headfirst dive and grabbed the ball inches above the turfPunjabrsquos shoddy batting show continued as Josh Inglis 2 was bowled by Chakaravarthy as the home side were three wickets down in the fifth overPrabhsimran however was not affected by the fall of wickets as he smacked Rana for two consecutive sixes in the sixth over But he got out two balls later to become Ranarsquos third victim Ramandeep also grabbed his third catch of the day all of them off the bowling of Rana as the duo made a perfect pairPunjabrsquos poor PowerplayWith 54 for 4 at the end of Powerplay Punjab were clearly in trouble Glenn Maxwell and Nehal Wadhera were kept quiet in the next two overs by the clinical KKR bowlers Nortje then returned to take Wadherarsquos wicket in the ninth over to leave Punjab in disarray The home sidersquos slide continued as no batter stayed put for even a few oversBrief scoresPBKS 111 all out in 153 overs P Arya 22 Prabhsimran 30 H Rana 325 V Chakravarthy 221 S Narine 214 beat KKR 95 all out in 151 overs A Raghuvanshi 37 Y Chahal 428 M Jansen 317 by 16 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params