With three wickets to his title and a vital 25 off 17 balls, younger Harpreet NBrar was named the man of the match after he helped Punjab Kings beat Royal Challengers Banglore by 34 runs on Saturday. The excessive level for Brar in the match should have been the priced wicket of RCB skipper Virat Kohli. He clear bowled the RCB skipper and that’s one wicket he would cherish.
After the match, Brar was lauded for his efforts by Kohli himself. The RCB skipper was seen patting Brar on the again, appreciating his effort with the ball and the bat.
The video of Kohli having a phrase with him after the match goes viral:
First, the wicket & then, the appreciation from the man himself! @thisisbrar will certainly cherish this second with @imVkohli! #VIVOIPL #PBKSvRCB pic.twitter.com/ovXmadbyKN
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2021
“I hail from Moga district. I am sure the people back home would be proud and happy. I wasn’t overwhelmed when Kohli hit me because a bowler always gets a second chance to come back. My first IPL wicket was Kohli Paaji’s wicket and that was very special. It came out in a flow after that, your body opens up, you get confident and things fall in place,” he stated at the presentation.
With the win, Punjab Kings jumped to the fifth spot with six factors at the NRR of -0.264. While Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to maintain their third spot however their NRR (-0.171) suffered an enormous hit.
Also, Punjab Kings skipper KL Rahul is the new chief in the orange cap record after slamming 91 runs towards RCB. He has scored 331 runs in 7 matches at a mean of 66.20.
