Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs on the DLS method. KKR were 146/7 in 16 overs when the rain stopped play, and the game could be resumed due to heavy downpours,
Earlier, Punjab Kings scored 191/5 in 20 overs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (50 off 32 balls) and captain Shikhar Dhawan (40 off 29 balls) made valuable contributions with the bat. Apart from them, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, and Sam Curran added important runs for the team.
For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy took 1 wicket and conceded just 26 runs from 4 overs. Umesh Yadav added one scalp and gave away 27 runs from his quota.
Chasing 192, Knight Riders lost regular wickets, and despite some promising knocks, the team couldn’t get going against PBKS.
Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for the Punjab-based franchise.