Match 26: PBKS vs RCB
Punjab Kings (PBKS) made an outstanding victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 26 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
It was Harpreet Brar who scored 25 runs thus making 3 wickets, while captain KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 91 off 57 deliveries as PBKS registered their third win of the season. Virat Kohli made two fours inside the powerplay and was joined by Rajat Patidar as RCB moved to 36/1 after 6 overs.
Kohli further clubbed his first maximum of the innings and smashed Harpreet straight down the ground as fifty was up for RCB in the 8th over. On the other hand, PBKS got rid of AB de Villiers, who was then caught inside the circle as Harpreet scalped his third wicket of the match.
Furthermore, RCB spinners successfully took two additional wickets after both Hooda and Shahrukh Khan got out. While Hooda was caught in the deep off Shahbaz Ahmed’s bowling, Shahrukh was cleaned up with a googly from Chahal.
Harshal Patel conceded eighteen runs and Harpreet Brar made a four and six and Rahul finished the 18th over with a fine four. Finally, Siraj conceded only 7 runs in the penultimate over but the last over belonged to the Punjab Kings. Harpreet then finished the innings in style by making PBKS super-proud!
Match Info:
Match:PBKS vs RCB, 26th Match, Indian Premier League 2021
Date:Friday, April 30, 2021
Toss:Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:7:30 PM
Venue:Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires:Virender Sharma, Sundaram Ravi
Third Umpire:Jayaraman Madanagopal
Match Referee:Shakti Singh
Punjab Kings Squad:
Playing:KL Rahul (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami
Bench:Mayank Agarwal, Moises Henriques, Arshdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Murugan Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Jhye Richardson, Ishan Porel, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Playing:Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench:Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai
PUNJAB KINGS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 8.95)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| KL Rahul | NOT OUT | 91 | 57 | 159.64 | 7 | 5 |
| Prabhsimran Singh | c Virat Kohli b Kyle Jamieson | 7 | 7 | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Gayle | c AB de Villiers b Daniel Sams | 46 | 24 | 191.66 | 6 | 2 |
| Nicholas Pooran | c Shahbaz Ahmed b Kyle Jamieson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deepak Hooda | c Rajat Patidar b Shahbaz Ahmed | 5 | 9 | 55.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahrukh Khan | b Yuzvendra Chahal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpreet Brar | NOT OUT | 25 | 17 | 147.05 | 1 | 2 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 4, b 0, lb 1, pen 0) | 5 | ||||
| TOTAL | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 179 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Riley Meredith ,Ravi Bishnoi ,Mohammad Shami ,Chris Jordan |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Daniel Sams | 4 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Kyle Jamieson | 3 | 32 | 2 | 10.66 | 7 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 34 | 1 | 8.5 | 9 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 53 | 0 | 13.25 | 5 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5.5 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-19 (Singh, 3.3 ov) ,2-99 (Gayle, 10.4 ov) ,3-107 (Pooran, 11.3 ov) ,4-117 (Hooda, 13.6 ov) ,5-118 (Khan, 14.4 ov)
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 7.25)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Virat Kohli | b Harpreet Brar | 35 | 34 | 102.94 | 3 | 1 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | b Riley Meredith | 7 | 6 | 116.66 | 0 | 1 |
| Rajat Patidar | c Nicholas Pooran b Chris Jordan | 31 | 30 | 103.33 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Maxwell | b Harpreet Brar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AB de Villiers | c KL Rahul b Harpreet Brar | 3 | 9 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | c Harpreet Brar b Ravi Bishnoi | 8 | 11 | 72.72 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Sams | b Ravi Bishnoi | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | NOT OUT | 16 | 11 | 145.45 | 1 | 1 |
| Harshal Patel | c Ravi Bishnoi b Mohammad Shami | 31 | 13 | 238.46 | 3 | 2 |
| Mohammed Siraj | NOT OUT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 3, b 0, lb 8, pen 0) | 11 | ||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 145 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Yuzvendra Chahal | |||||
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Riley Meredith | 3.2 | 29 | 1 | 8.7 | 7 |
| Mohammad Shami | 3.4 | 28 | 1 | 7.63 | 9 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | 10 |
| Harpreet Brar | 4 | 19 | 3 | 4.75 | 15 |
| Chris Jordan | 4 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 9 |
| Deepak Hooda | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-19 (Padikkal, 2.3 ov) ,2-62 (Kohli, 10.1 ov) ,3-62 (Maxwell, 10.2 ov) ,4-69 (de Villiers, 12.1 ov) ,5-91 (Patidar, 14.4 ov) ,6-96 (Ahmed, 15.4 ov) ,7-96 (Sams, 15.5 ov) ,8-144 (Patel, 19.4 ov)