Kolkata beat Punjab in a thrilling match, won the match by 5 wickets on the last ball

KKR vs SRH, Match Highlights, IPL 2023: The 53rd match of IPL 2023 was played on Monday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In this match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, PBKS won the toss and scored 179 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Captain Shikhar Dhawan scored a half-century. Apart from him, Shah Rukh Khan scored an unbeaten 21 off 8 balls. In response, the Kolkata team scored 182 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs and won the match by 5 wickets.

Good start for KKR

Chasing the target of 180 runs, Kolkata got off to an average start. There was a 38-run partnership for the first wicket between opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and impact player Jason Roy. KKR’s first wicket fell on the fourth ball of the 5th over. Nathan Ellis removes Gurbaj lbw. Rahmanullah played an inning of 15 runs in 12 balls. During this, he hit 1 four and 1 six. Kolkata got a second blow on the second ball of the 8th over. Harpreet Brar got Jason Roy caught out by Shahrukh Khan. Roy scored 38 runs in 24 balls with the help of 8 fours.

Rana put Fifty

There was a 51-run partnership for the third wicket between Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer. KKR’s third wicket fell on the fourth ball of the 14th over. Iyer scored 11 runs off 13 balls. Rahul Chahar got him caught out by Livingstone. After this, Rana scored a half-century in 37 balls. He returned to the pavilion on the very next ball. Livingstone also caught Rana’s catch on Rahul Chahar’s ball. KKR captain scored 51 runs in 38 balls. In the last over, Russell was run out on a score of 42 off 23 balls. Rinku Singh scored 21 off 10 balls and Shardul remained unbeaten without opening the account.

Dhawan hit a half century

Prabhsimran Singh landed with Dhawan in the opening from Punjab. There was a partnership of 21 runs for the first wicket between the two. Prabhsimran became the victim of Harshit Rana after playing an inning of 12 runs in 8 balls. Bhanuka Rajapakse, who came out to bat for Punjab at number 3, returned to the pavilion without opening an account. Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingston shared a 24-run partnership in 13 balls for the third wicket. Livingston became the victim of Varun Chakraborty after playing an inning of 15 runs in 9 balls. Punjab got the fourth blow in this match in the 13th over of the innings when Jitesh Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs.

Three successes for Chakraborty

Dhawan was caught out in the 15th over. He played an inning of 57 runs in 47 balls. Rishi Dhawan returned to the pavilion in the 17th over. He scored 19 runs in 11 balls. Sam Karan was caught out in the 18th over. He scored 4 runs in 9 balls. Shahrukh Khan remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 8 balls and Harpreet Brar scored 17 runs in 9 balls. Varun Chakraborty got 3 successes, while Harshit Rana took 2 wickets and Suyash Sharma-Nitish Rana took 1-1 wickets.

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