Punjab set IPL record as they defend 111 against KKR

Indian Premier League, Mullanpur

Punjab Kings 111 (15.3 overs): Prabhsimran 30 (15); Harshit 3-25

Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (15.1 overs): Raghuvanshi 37 (28); Chahal 4-28

Punjab Kings won by 16 runs

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Punjab Kings group an Indian Premier League grounds for nan lowest full successfully defended arsenic they hit Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs.

Chasing 112 to win, KKR looked connected people for triumph astatine 72-3 but a illness of 7 wickets for 23 runs successful 36 balls meant they were bowled retired for 95 successful 15.1 overs.

India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 4-28, including Angkrish Raghuvanshi caught astatine backward constituent for 37 arsenic KKR capitulated connected a transportation offering adaptable bounce.

Venkatesh Iyer was pinned lbw by Glenn Maxwell for 7 and Rinku Singh was stumped by Chahal, while West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell was nan past man retired - bowled for 17 via an wrong separator by left-arm speedy Marco Jansen.

The winning full of 111 hit Chennai Super Kings' 116-9 against Punjab Kings successful 2009 arsenic nan lowest people defended successful a afloat IPL match.

Kolkata were 7-2 successful nan 2nd complete earlier contributions of 17 from Ajinkya Rahane and 37 from Raghuvanshi appeared to settee immoderate nerves.

Rahane became Chahal's first victim, lbw attempting a slog sweep, to time off nan people 62-3, and Raghuvanshi followed successful Chahal's adjacent over.

"I will return nan blame," Rahane said.

"As nan skipper I played nan incorrect changeable - it started from there. We batted really severely arsenic a batting unit.

"The bowlers did really good connected this surface. We were reckless - we should return afloat work arsenic a batting unit. It was an easy pursuit for us."

Punjab looked to person small chance astatine halfway aft their ain illness from 39-0 to 111 each retired successful 15.3 overs.

Openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya made 30 and 22 respectively arsenic seamer Harshit Rana took 3-25.

Punjab are now 4th but subordinate 4 different sides connected 8 points astatine nan apical of nan table, while KKR are sixth.