Punjab Kings achieved the report for the bottom whole defended in IPL historical past as reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders crumbled chasing 112 to win in a low-scoring thriller.
Kolkata had been 62-2 within the eighth over however then misplaced eight wickets for 33 runs to be skittled for 95 and endure a shocking 16-run defeat.
Punjab had been on the receiving finish of the earlier lowest rating defended within the IPL – Chennai Tremendous Kings’ 116-9 in 2009.
Punjab head coach Ricky Ponting stated after Tuesday’s drama: “That might just be about the best win I’ve ever had as coach.”
Rahane takes blame after ‘reckless’ run chase
Kings leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (4-28) triggered KKR’s collapse by pinning opposition skipper Ajinkya Rahane lbw for 17 because the batter tried a slog-sweep and was crunched on the pad.
Rahane might have overturned his dismissal with the ball hitting him outdoors the road of off stump however he didn’t go for the assessment.
The KKR skipper stated he would “take the blame” for taking part in the “wrong shot” when discussing the defeat, earlier than including that the run chase was “reckless” and his facet had batted “really badly”.
After eradicating Rahane, Chahal ousted Angkrish Raghuvanshi (37) within the tenth over, caught at backward level.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Venkatesh Iyer trudges off after beinng dismissed for simply seven
Venkatesh Iyer (7) fell to Glenn Maxwell within the eleventh earlier than Chahal dismissed Rinku Singh (2) and Ramandeep Singh (0) within the twelfth to depart Kolkata reeling on 76-7.
That turned 79-8 for Harshit Rana – who had earlier bagged 3-25 as Kings had been rolled for 111 in 15.3 overs – was bowled by Marco Jansen.
Andre Russell (17) slammed Chahal for 2 sixes and a 4 in a 16-run 14th over to maintain Knight Riders alive however Arshdeep Singh then nicked off Vaibhav Arora in a wicket-maiden fifteenth earlier than Russell inside-edged Jansen onto his stumps subsequent ball.
