Chris Gayle diving and trying a direct-hit to a shot from Kolkata Knight Riders batter Rahul Tripathi introduced a lot amusement to allrounder Andre Russell who couldn’t maintain on and commenced laughing whereas watching it from the dug-out.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) clashed with KKR on Monday on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter to be performed on the venue.
Kolkata Knight Riders bagged their second match after shedding 4 in a row, as they beat the Punjab Kings by 5 wickets. KKR’s Eoin Morgan gained the toss and determined to bowl. In an excellent show of bowling and fielding they restricted Punjab Kings to a meagre complete of 123/9.
PBKS had been to an sluggish begin, as none of their openers might actually keep on the filed and make an affect and solely Mayank Agarwal (31) and Chris Jordan (30) had been those to get to cross the 30-run mark. Jordan was the explanation PBKS managed to place 123/9 on the board in 20 overs. He hit 3 sixes in his innings as properly, as PBKS batsmen struggled in opposition to KKR bowlers.
Prasidh Krishna picked three scalps, whereas Sunil Narine and Pat Cummins obtained two wickets every. When the successful aspect got here to bat, PBKS tried their finest with some tight bowling and fielding.
Andre Russell laughing from the dugout after watching Chris Gayle dive within the area. pic.twitter.com/Ij2je7NJB1
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 26, 2021
Gayle diving like Jonty Rhodes and see the epic response of Russell 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/FjdbzGJ4ts
— msc media (@mscmedia2) April 27, 2021
Even the guy franchise tweeted their issues,
We hope you’re alright large fella! Chris Gayle is strolling off after placing in a dive on the sector #RCBvsRR #IPL7 #RCBLive
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) May 11, 2014
KKR misplaced openers Nitish Rana (0) and Shubman Gill (9) early with Sunil Narine (0) additionally failing to disturb the scoreboard. Tripathi made 41 in 32 balls with 7 fours and captain Eoin Morgan discovered some kind and stayed unbeaten on 47 with 4 fours and a couple of sixes and together with Dinesh Karthik (12*), took KKR previous the end line with 20 balls in hand and 5 wickets to spare.
This win helped KKR elevate themselves from the underside of the standings and up to the fifth spot.
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