Hello, everyone! Your friend Mahil is back with another exciting cricket blog. IPL 2023 is in full swing, and today we have the second match of the season between the Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. The match is a day game, and despite the hot weather, the stadium is jam-packed with cricket fans eagerly waiting for the action to begin.
Who Won the Toss in Match PBKS VS KKR?
kolkata knight riders won the toss and elected to bat first
Who is the Man of the Match PBKS VS KKR?
Arshdeep singh is the man of the match for his fantabulous bowling 19/3 , in the Rain hit game.
Summary
kolkata knight riders chasing the target of 192 runs. They were struggling at 80 for 5, and it looked like they might lose the match. However, Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer came together and started to play well. Russell hit a six and a four off Sam Curran, which brought the required runs down to 62 from 32 balls. The match was also affected by rain, and the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method was used to calculate the target.
Unfortunately, Russell got out on the next ball, and Venkatesh was dismissed in the following over. The DLS target became too high for the chasing team, and they lost the match. The Kings team had bowled well, with Arshdeep Singh taking three wickets, including the important one of Venkatesh.
The Kings team had batted excellently, especially Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who scored a quick fifty off 32 balls. They had reached 100 runs in just ten overs, but could not score many in the later overs, finishing on 191 for 5. The surface was good for batting, and it looked like a par score at that time.
In the end, the Kings team won the match by seven runs, earning two points in their season opener.