Andre russell, punjab kings vs kolkata knight riders, 31st match: There are some matches of IPL, which are remembered for years. A similar historical match was played on Tuesday (April 15) between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mullanpur. Where the Punjab Kings team led by Shreyer Iyer managed to win in the low scoring match. During the match, KKR’s explosive all -rounder Andre Russell was present at the crease. By then KKR’s hope was awake. But as soon as he was out, KKR’s defeat was also ensured
Marco Jansen, who came to the field with the 16th over of the innings from Punjab, had rotated inside the first ball shot pitch length and turned inside. On which Russell tried to put a shot in the leg side vigorously. But here the luck was a little bad and the ball hit the stump taking the inner edge of his bat. After which he had to move to the pavilion with disappointed steps.
Before being dismissed, the Caribbean all -rounder batted on the seventh order and faced a total of 11 balls. Meanwhile, he managed to score 17 runs at a strike rate of 154.55. Meanwhile, a square and two best sixes came out of his bat. But he failed to win his team.
At the same time, talk about Marco Jansen’s performance in the last match, he did not contribute much in batting for his team. But in bowling, he managed to take three wickets, putting a spell of 3.1 overs. Apart from his victim Sunil Naren, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana became.
Punjab won by 16 runs
Talk about the result of the match, winning the toss in Mullanpur and batting first, the Punjab team managed to score 111 runs losing all their wickets in 15.3 overs. Chasing the target of 112 runs from the opposition team, the entire KKR team collapsed for 95 runs in 15.1 overs. In this way, in the low scoring match, Punjab team managed to win by 16 runs.
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