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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, 53rd Match
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have pulled off another thrilling win in IPL-2023. KKR defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Monday and the result came on the last ball. KKR got the target of 185 runs. Kolkata needed 6 runs to win in the 20th over. Arshdeep Singh bowled well in the last over, conceding only 4 runs in the first 5 balls, but he threw the final ball a full toss, which was flicked by Rinku Singh for four runs.
Captain Nitish Rana (51 off 38 balls) scored a half-century for Kolkata. At the same time, Andre Russell (42 in 23 balls, three sixes, three fours) played a stormy innings after coming to bat at number five. However, Russell looked helpless in the end, after which Rinku Singh, who hit five sixes against Gujarat Titans (GT), did the magic of winning the match. He hit the winning four against Punjab. Rinku remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 10 balls with two fours. KKR’s score was 154/4 till the 18th over. KKR needed 26 runs in the last two overs to win. Punjab captain Dhawan handed the ball to Sam Curran in the 19th over, who was thrashed by Russell. Rinku took a single off the first ball. Russell shifted the momentum towards KKR by hitting sixes on the second, third and fifth balls. Russell took a single off the last ball.
When Arshdeep came to bowl in the 20th over, Russell was on strike. Arshdeep started with a bouncer, which goes for no run. Russell tried to play the big shot but was not successful. Arshdeep low full tossed the second ball outside off stump and Russell could only extract a single. Arshdeep bowled the third ball a full toss outside leg stump and Rinku scored a single. Russell took a double on the fourth ball. When Russell could not hit the shot on the fifth ball, he wanted to steal a bye run, but he got run out on the non-strike end in this affair. KKR needed 2 runs off the last ball. Arshdeep bowled a full toss at leg stump, after which Rinku flicked it to the right of deep backward square leg to hit a four. Rinku again managed to be the hero of KKR’s victory.
