IPL 2020: Kings XI Punjab lost the match won in the 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2020. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Punjab by just 2 runs in a thrilling match. Batting first, KKR scored 164 runs in 20 overs, in response, Kings XI Punjab could only manage 162 runs in 20 overs. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal definitely scored half-centuries but in the final over the team needed 14 runs but the team remained 2 runs away from victory.
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Kings XI Punjab needed 14 runs in the last over. KKR captain Dinesh Karthik handed the ball to Sunil Narine. Maxwell and Mandeep Singh were in front of two new batsmen, Naren. Maxwell scored two runs off the first ball of Naren. No run scored on the second ball. After this, Maxwell hit the third ball and created hopes for Punjab. 8 runs were needed from 3 balls but Maxwell could score only 1 run. After this, Mandeep Singh lost his wicket on the fifth ball. The last ball required 6 runs but Maxwell was able to hit a four and Punjab lost the match by 2 runs. With this defeat, Punjab lost 6 matches in IPL 2020, while Kolkata registered its fourth win.
Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal once again gave the team a good start. Both shared 115 runs for the first wicket. Mayank Agarwal played an innings of 56 runs. However, as soon as Punjab's first wicket fell, KKR tightened its grip on it. Especially Sunil Naren and the famous Krishna bowled amazingly in the Death Overs. Naren bowled Nicholas Puran in the 18th over. After this, in the 19th over, the famous Krishna dismissed Prabhasimran Singh for 4 and KL Rahul for 74 runs. The last over required 14 runs, in which Sunil Narine stopped Punjab.
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Earlier, Kolkata scored 164 runs thanks to captain Dinesh Karthik's 58 off 29 balls and Shubman Gill's 57 runs off 47 balls. Kolkata started badly. Kolkata lost their first wicket in the third over. Rahul Tripathi, who scored a half-century in the last match, could score only 4 runs. Nitish Rana was able to score only 2 runs. Oyen Morgan scored 24 runs. However, Shubman Gill stood at the crease and completed his half-century in 42 balls. Dinesh Karthik played an amazing half-century with Gill. He hit Kolkata with 150 in just 22 balls. Let us tell you that Kolkata scored just 60 runs in the first 10 overs but in the next 10 overs, they scored 104 runs.
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