Pbks vs kkr: In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League 2025, Punjab Kings defeated defending winner Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in the thrilling match. In this match played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat first after winning the toss, but his team could not play even 20 overs and was piled up for 111 runs in 15.3 overs. KKR's innings, chasing 112 runs, could score only 95 runs.

The hero of this exciting match was Yuzvendra Chahal, who took four wickets with his leg spin bowling and put the match in the bag of Punjab.

Chahal overturned

Yuzvendra Chahal performed a bang for Punjab to defend 111 runs. Veteran leg -spinner Yuzvendra Chahal bowled Katilana against KKR and made Punjab Kings back against KKR. In this match, Chahal bowled 4 overs, taking 4 wickets for 28 runs. Chahal took the four biggest wickets of KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh and Rinku Singh with his brilliant bowling, on which Punjab not only returned to this match but also won a defeat match in a thrilling manner.

Apart from Chahal, Marka Jansen took two wickets. While Arshdeep Glenn Maxwell and Xavier Bartlett took one wicket each.

Captain Rahane's review was heavy

KKR started chasing a nominal target of 112 runs given by Punjab. Marka Jansen had already made Sunil Naren a dangerous Sunil Naren and after that Quinton de Kock also scored two runs and follows him.

KKR lost the wickets of both the openers on a score of 7, but from here captain Ajinkya Rahane along with young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi shared a 55 -run partnership off 38 balls for the fourth wicket. From here it was expected that KKR would easily achieve this match, but after captain Rahane's dismissal, KKR's entire innings collapsed like cards. However, if Rahane had taken a review, he would remain not out, but he listened to Raghuvanshi and went out and this is where the entire batsman of KKR was destroyed.

Punjab's batting did not run

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer had decided to bat first after winning the toss against KKR, but this decision did not go to his favor at all.

Prabhasimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who came out to start Punjab's innings, shared a 39-run partnership for the first wicket, but after Priyansh's dismissal, Punjab's innings was destroyed. Captain Iyer became a victim of joy on a score of zero. After this, the Punjab batsmen kept coming one by one and were seen returning to the pavilion. No Punjab batsman tried to handle the innings nor weaving a partnership, as a result of which he had to be all out for 111 runs in 15.3 overs.

KKR bowlers causes havoc

After losing the toss, KKR, who came to bowl first, also reiterated the Chennai Super Kings feat here and piled the opposing team for just 111 runs. In this match, Harshit Rana played a significant role in taking havoc on the batsmen of Punjab and taking the first 3 big wickets. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Naren also implicated the Punjab batsmen in their mystery spin and took important wickets in their account. Harshit bowled 3 overs, in which he achieved three successes for 25 runs. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty took two wickets for 21 runs in a four -over spell, while his spin partner Sunil Naren conceded 14 runs in 3 overs and two wickets in his account. Apart from these, Vaibhav Arora got one wicket for 26 runs in 2.3 overs bowling.