Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shikhar Dhawan believed that his crew lacks an efficient off-spinner and that could possibly be a serious motive for the loss in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) match on the Eden Gardens on Monday. After shedding to KKR by 5 wickets, Shikhar Dhawan stated, “Feels bad, of course not feeling great, we lost the match. Not an easy track to bat on, felt that we had a good total. In the end, they played well. It was a great effort from Arshdeep, the way he has bounced back from the last game. All credit to him that he took the game to the last ball. I feel we don’t have a good off-spinner, that is where we are leaking a bit of runs when left-handers come in. This wicket was offering turn as well, that is where we took the hit.”
A half-century by Nitish Rana and fiery cameos from Andre Russell and Rinku Singh helped Kolkata clinch a five-wicket win. In the chase of 180, Nitish scored 51 off 38 and Andre Russell smashed 42 of 23 balls.
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— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 9, 2023
For PBKS, Rahul Chahar picked two wickets conceding 23 runs in 4 overs. Harpreet Brar and Nathan Ellis dismissed one batter every.
Earlier, a half-century by skipper Shikhar Dhawan and late cameos by Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar guided Punjab Kings to a aggressive 179/7.
Shikhar scored 57 off 47 balls, Jitesh Sharma performed a cameo of 21 off 18 balls and Rishi Dhawan scored a fast 19 off 11 balls. Varun Chakravarthy was the decide of the bowlers for KKR, taking 3/26 in 4 overs. Harshit took two wickets whereas Suyash and Nitish acquired one every. KKR is within the fifth spot within the factors desk with 5 wins, six losses and a complete of 10 factors. PBKS has slipped to the seventh place within the desk with 10 factors attributable to a low net-run charge.
