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In the 26th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Punjab 💮Kings (PBKS) thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 34ꦯ runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Rookie Harpreet Brar wreaked havoc with the ball and produced a spell of a lifetime to guide his side to register a memorable victory. The 25-year-old picked up the prized wickets of RCB big fishes Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers to sink their chase of 180.
Brar only conceded 19 runs in his quota of 4 overs and completely destroyed the RCB batting line up. Another spinner Ravi Bishnoi too, joined Bra♕r in the party as he dismissed a coup🐭le of scalps for 17 runs in 4 overs.
Earlier, KL Rahul shined with the willow and sc෴ored an unbeaten 91 runs to take Punjab to 179/5 after Kohli and Co. invited them to bat first.
Apart from Rahul, power-striker Chris Gayle made a valuable contribution of 46 from 24 balls at a strike rate of 191.67. With the victory🎃, Punjab climbed up to the fifth spot in the points table.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Unbelieva🔜ble spell of bowling from getting the big 3s of RCB. Congratulations on your MOM award 👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Kohli. Maxwell. And AB. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Add to thatꦅ the crucial runs with the bat. Harpreet Brar ko dekhna chahenge Baar-Baar 🤗🙌🥳— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
I love the energy, vibe and skill that Avesh ꧟Khan and Ravi Bishnoi have brought so far this season.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
VICTORY for ! 👌👌
The 🌄@klrahul11-led unit beat by 34 runs to register their third win of ಞthe . 👏👏
Scorecard 👉
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
A comprehensive win for⛎ Punjab Kings. Scorec𝓀ard:
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
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Kya baat hai , aapke Moga se ek naya sitar𝕴a aay♔a hai!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Appa jitt gaye! 🕺🕺🕺
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Brilliant win
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
Tonight’s yours PBKS. Special mention to Harpreet Brar. Three huge wic✱kets and a good stint in bat. Game changer. Also can’t forget Bishnoi’s wickets and that catch! Young guns rulingꦗ tonight. But RCBians chin up! We’ll be back. Never lose faith. 😎
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Can Ravi Bis𒅌hnoi ✤be Indias leg spin answer for the world T20? Much improved fielder as well.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Defeats are always bound to happen even for top sides in a tournament like IPL but you have to bare in mind the margin of defeats. NRR comes into play as the tournament goes on. RCB 🎐will have to be vary of that
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
