
Also Read: IPL and the finishing flurryīut the key blows were dealt by Varun Cakaravarthy with his wrong’uns. Suyash Sharma too conceded just 26 from his quota apart from luring Sam Curran into top-edging a slog sweep. Sunil Narine had been quietly bowled out for 0/29 by the 16th over. Till the last two overs of Punjab Kings’ innings, KKR had a stranglehold on the proceedings though.

Rinku Singh celebrates after winning IPL 2023 match against Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens in Kolkata(PTI)Ī 53-run partnership between Jitesh Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan kept Punjab Kings in the hunt for a par score before cameos from Rishi Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar gave their innings a final push. With this five-wicket win over Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders stayed in the hunt for the playoffs after almost getting derailed in the middle overs of a tricky chase of 180. Andre Russell turned back the clock with a 23-ball 42 but Rinku Singh once again proved to be the rescuer-in-chief by calmly turning Arshdeep Singh off his legs for a boundary when the equation read two runs from one ball.
