News Update
Tezzbuzz|16-04-2025
Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 16 runs in a thrilling match of the Indian Premier League 2025 played in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Tuesday (April 15).
Batting first after winning the toss, Punjab Kings were all out for 111 runs in 15.3 overs. In which Prabhasimran Singh scored 30 runs and Priyansh Arya scored 22 runs. In response, KKR was all out for 95 runs in 15.1 overs. In which Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored the highest 37 runs.
With this victory, Punjab also made a record of defending the lowest score in IPL history. Apart from this, he made a wonderful record which was done earlier by two teams of the world in T20 cricket.
Punjab has become the third team in the world in Kings T20 cricket, who has defended a score of less than 120, but has failed to defend the score of more than 240 runs. Let me tell you that in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad this season itself, the Punjab team lost the match despite a huge score of 245 runs.
Earlier, New Zealand and West Indies cricket team did this.
This is the fourth win of Punjab in six matches and the team has become the net runrate +0.172 with eight points. Prior to this match, Punjab was at number six and now Lucknow has beaten the Super Giants at number four.