Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League. In today's match, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the toss and batted first to complete the game of 20 overs and gave Punjab Kings a target of 262 runs. A target of 262 runs in T20 matches is a big "target" for Punjab Kings. Achieving this target is not an easy task for Punjab Kings. However, in today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team have bowled very irresponsibly. In today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team failed completely to the excellent performance of the batsmen of the Kolkata knight Riders team. The poor bowling of the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team became really annoying. Now it is impossible to say how well Punjab Kings team players can bat against Kolkata Knight Riders team in the second innings game. According to me it will be very difficult task for Punjab Kings team to meet the target of this match today. Now let's wait and see what happens at the end of the second innings.
KKR batsmen worked very hard and struggle in the match to set a target of 262 in 20 overs and it is a very big and difficult target. And I think Punjab King batsmen will not be able to achieve this target. Yes you are right. Punjab King is very difficult to win. If they work with hard work and struggle they can win. Their bowler did not bowl well. Had the fielders stopped the run they could have got an easy target. But they did not show interest in the match. Punjab King batsmen need 192 runs off 92 balls. And it is proving impossible for them to win today. If their batsmen keep up their pace fortune may be on their side and win them over. If the Punjab King batsmen complete the target what will happen to the KKR team will be very bad. Punjab King batsmen need 169 runs off 84 balls. Finally see the result.
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What a victory for Punjab Kings! They have chased the big target very comfortably. I was expecting to see such big run chase (250+) in this IPL season as all the matches are high scoring match. Sunil Narine bowling was impressive as he has given only 24 runs in 4 overs. Overall, it was a poor bowling show from KKR bowlers. They were unable to create pressure on Punjab batsmen despite giving a huge target. Preity Zinta wasn't in the stadium, I would love to see her reaction if she was present in the stadium.
With almost 5 overs remaining, Kolkata Knight Riders have raced to 200 plus total. In all probability they will end up with a total of 250 plus, but I will not rule out another 270 plus total. At the moment, two of the most destructive batsmen are out there - Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. And then they have plenty of depth in their middle and lower order batting, with players such as Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh yet to come. Among the Punjab bowlers, only Rahul Chahar has an economy of less than 10 runs per over.
Bro, I do not understand what is the point of a match like this?
KKR had given a target of 262. Pbks has been able to chase that target with eight balls remaining. These flat surfaces are actually making the matches not competitive and actually a little boring in my opinion. I think even in T20 match, every ball should not be hit for a six. The way I feel is being played, there is no point in having good bowlers at all.
look at what happened today. Narine bowled really well. Had only given away 24 runs in his four overs. Also picked up one wicket. Actually, he did pick up one more but it was a run-out made by him. And all the other bowlers went for more than 13 runs per over. Russel has gone for 18 per over. Like I always thought if IPL was fixed or not. But now it definitely feels like this is a fixed match going on. It has become actually more like a WWE show. The fighting is real but the result is fixed.
What the blazing hell! Punjab look like they might chase down that humungous score and are on course to scripting history here. Every KKR bowler excluding Narine is getting pounded into oblivion.
92 from 50 balls seems totally gettable now unless Punjab lose wickets quickly. This is unbelievable stuff. Insane IPL season period.
92 from 50 balls seems totally gettable now unless Punjab lose wickets quickly. This is unbelievable stuff. Insane IPL season period.
Punjab should win it from here. KKR batting first, the opening pair of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine created a fabulous 1st wicket partnership both making 70+ with a strike rate of over 200 and other batsmen though not as long standing as them, most of them kept the strike rate to create a large score of 261.
Punjab chasing a huge target and KKR being 2nd on the table and Punjab 2nd from the bottom, were not the favorite in this match but Jonny Bairstow impressive inning have led them to a point when they require just 61 runs from 30 balls.
Was expecting good chase from Punjab, then doubted it after KKR made 261 but wow amazing stuff from Punjab, right now in comfortable position to win the game, this is gonna be highest chase if they manage to do it.
Still Punjab Kings have enough chances to win this match. If Jonny Bairstow bats patiently for a little while longer, maybe the victory of Punjab Kings will be much easier and even Jonny Bairstow's century will be complete.Maybe Kolkata Knight Riders are going to lose one more match with this match today.
Was expecting good chase from Punjab, then doubted it after KKR made 261 but wow amazing stuff from Punjab, right now in comfortable position to win the game, this is gonna be highest chase if they manage to do it.
What the blazing hell! Punjab look like they might chase down that humungous score and are on course to scripting history here. Every KKR bowler excluding Narine is getting pounded into oblivion.
92 from 50 balls seems totally gettable now unless Punjab lose wickets quickly. This is unbelievable stuff. Insane IPL season period.
92 from 50 balls seems totally gettable now unless Punjab lose wickets quickly. This is unbelievable stuff. Insane IPL season period.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League. In today's match, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the toss and batted first to complete the game of 20 overs and gave Punjab Kings a target of 262 runs. A target of 262 runs in T20 matches is a big "target" for Punjab Kings. Achieving this target is not an easy task for Punjab Kings. However, in today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team have bowled very irresponsibly. In today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team failed completely to the excellent performance of the batsmen of the Kolkata knight Riders team. The poor bowling of the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team became really annoying. Now it is impossible to say how well Punjab Kings team players can bat against Kolkata Knight Riders team in the second innings game. According to me it will be very difficult task for Punjab Kings team to meet the target of this match today. Now let's wait and see what happens at the end of the second innings.
KKR batsmen worked very hard and struggle in the match to set a target of 262 in 20 overs and it is a very big and difficult target. And I think Punjab King batsmen will not be able to achieve this target. Yes you are right. Punjab King is very difficult to win. If they work with hard work and struggle they can win. Their bowler did not bowl well. Had the fielders stopped the run they could have got an easy target. But they did not show interest in the match. Punjab King batsmen need 192 runs off 92 balls. And it is proving impossible for them to win today. If their batsmen keep up their pace fortune may be on their side and win them over. If the Punjab King batsmen complete the target what will happen to the KKR team will be very bad. Punjab King batsmen need 169 runs off 84 balls. Finally see the result. 
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League. In today's match, Kolkata Knight Riders lost the toss and batted first to complete the game of 20 overs and gave Punjab Kings a target of 262 runs. A target of 262 runs in T20 matches is a big "target" for Punjab Kings. Achieving this target is not an easy task for Punjab Kings. However, in today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team have bowled very irresponsibly. In today's match, the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team failed completely to the excellent performance of the batsmen of the Kolkata knight Riders team. The poor bowling of the bowlers of the Punjab Kings team became really annoying. Now it is impossible to say how well Punjab Kings team players can bat against Kolkata Knight Riders team in the second innings game. According to me it will be very difficult task for Punjab Kings team to meet the target of this match today. Now let's wait and see what happens at the end of the second innings.
With almost 5 overs remaining, Kolkata Knight Riders have raced to 200 plus total. In all probability they will end up with a total of 250 plus, but I will not rule out another 270 plus total. At the moment, two of the most destructive batsmen are out there - Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. And then they have plenty of depth in their middle and lower order batting, with players such as Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh yet to come. Among the Punjab bowlers, only Rahul Chahar has an economy of less than 10 runs per over.
Finally, the devastating innings of Kolkata Knight Riders stopped at 261 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 262 runs to Punjab Kings Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen batted very well against Punjab Kings as every batsman managed to set a target of 262 runs to Punjab Kings due to their excellent batting. The captain of Punjab Kings must be regretting in his heart why he decided to give the process because if Punjab Kings had batted first and given a target of good runs, then if KKR had bowled aggressively, maybe Punjab Kings would have faced a target of equal. Punjab Kings will never win today's match against Kolkata but if Punjab Kings batsmen can bat responsibly then the game can be competitive but there is no chance of Punjab Kings winning the match. 
With almost 5 overs remaining, Kolkata Knight Riders have raced to 200 plus total. In all probability they will end up with a total of 250 plus, but I will not rule out another 270 plus total. At the moment, two of the most destructive batsmen are out there - Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. And then they have plenty of depth in their middle and lower order batting, with players such as Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh yet to come. Among the Punjab bowlers, only Rahul Chahar has an economy of less than 10 runs per over.
Punjab seriously tried their best to not get Narine and Salt out thanks to which they ended up scoring 70s each propelling KKR to a score of around 240 as long as beasts like Russell keep banging the bowlers.
Expected KKR to win and it looks like they will win quite comfortably pushing them closer to the playoffs and pretty much knocking Punjab out of the playoffs race.
Expected KKR to win and it looks like they will win quite comfortably pushing them closer to the playoffs and pretty much knocking Punjab out of the playoffs race.
The captain of Punjab Kings has won the toss and decided to bowl first, the bowlers of Punjab Kings are not able to use this decision properly. Kolkata Knight Riders opener pair Sunil Narine and Phil Salt are batting great. Sunil Narine is batting very well and is the reliable batsman of Kolkata Knight Riders in this IPL. But in the beginning of IPL this Sunil Narine used to bat at number seven but he has become a reliable batsman when he came to play IPL in India. Current score of Kolkata Knight Riders 100 runs for 0 wickets in eight overs game going on Kolkata Knight Riders current game situation looks like Kolkata Knight Riders can give a target of around 230 runs to Punjab Kings. If Punjab Kings are given a target of 230 runs then there will be no chance for Punjab Kings to win against Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders will easily win the match against Punjab Kings.
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for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.
What's that supposed to mean? Are you trying to say that they are not consistent enough? for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.
These guys are big dogs in the IPL along with Mumbai and Chennai and IMHO they are the most consistent team in the IPL. After all, they shat the bed in the last 16 seasons and counting.
Lol, KKR really sit out Starc, should have done same to Venkatesh and given his place to maybe Nitish. Expecting a entertaining game today cause Punjab is going to chase.
I don't think there is anything wrong with Virat being in RCB or in the Indian team, for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.
LOL.. I noticed it. What I am saying is that it is even difficult to imagine (the scenario where Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifting the trophy at Indian Premier League. They were the runners up three times, if I am not wrong. But I think they will never become the champions as long as Virat Kohli is there. He is the ultimate panauti, both for his franchise and also for the Indian national team. Their women's team have already lifted the WPL trophy. But even after one and half decades the men's team simply can't become the champions even once.
I don't think there is anything wrong with Virat being in RCB or in the Indian team, for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.
Muhammad Amir and Imad Wasim would be play together today after such a long time.
Without Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, Muhammad Amir is nothing because he is also in need of a good partner so that pressure is maintained at the other end. If one bowler give lose balls and the other bowler gave the ball with high speed with a swing and the two good bowlers were resting for sure Pakistan would lose the match.
If you realize that Pakistan cannot win any other match after the first match then see this analysis because only in the first match (the 2nd one indeed as the first was no play because of rain), Babar Azam decided to play such a good playing 11 that New Zealand team under 100 score. Also, there was Rizwan and now the Pakistan team have to say goodbye to Rizwan for one month and maybe for the next series.
NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.
From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened
I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.
It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.
First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.
A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.
NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.
From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened
I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.
It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.
First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.
A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.
NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.
From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened
I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.
It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.
First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.
A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.
First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.
In the last ball, Imad Wasim could have been hit six (and things could have been different) but the bowler was too much clever and gave the ball onto the offside which caused if Imad Wasim hit on the edge on the bat of the bottom side then the ball might be going for six otherwise there has no chance to hit six on that ball.
Imad Wasim also tried to play that same shot but the one player is back and forth which was the reason of not hitting the six in that ball and Pakistan lost the match. Before that ball, the crowd was very excited to see the last ball but they didn’t get the result in their favor.
Now that Pakistan can't win this series, but they are very close to losing this series with New Zealand B or C team if they lose the last match, Even if they win, the series will be a draw and New Zealand will be happy with the results.
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