Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane took all of the blame after the defending champions misplaced by 16 runs whereas chasing 112 towards Punjab Kings on the new PCA stadium in Chandigarh on Tuesday. It was additionally the bottom whole defended within the historical past of IPL.
Opting to bat first, Punjab Kings had been all out for simply 111 runs after Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy ripped aside the opposition batting. In what regarded like a simple chase, Yuzvendra Chahal turned the desk together with his figures of 4/28 in his 4 overs.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the highest scorer for KKR with 37 because the three-time champions had been bowled out for 95 in 15.1 overs. “Nothing to elucidate, all of us noticed what occurred there. Fairly disenchanted with the trouble. I am going to take the blame, performed the incorrect shot, though it was lacking,” Rahane stated on the post-match presentation.
At a time, when the strategy ought to have been sluggish and regular wins the race, KKR batters misplaced their wickets whereas attempting to play pointless massive pictures. Rahane additionally admitted it was a whole batting failure from their half.
“We batted actually badly as a batting unit, we take full accountability. Bowlers did very well on this floor, proscribing a powerful Punjab batting lineup to 111,” he added.
“On this wicket, batting with full face (was higher). Sweep was fairly arduous to play. Preserve the intent going however play cricketing pictures. We had been reckless and will take full accountability.”
IPL Factors desk after PBKS vs KKR
After this win, Punjab Kings entered the highest 4 whereas KKR dropped a spot to sixth. The Shreyas Iyer-led facet now have eight factors from six matches whereas KKR has simply three wins from seven video games.
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