KL Rahul’s brilliant half-century and Shahrukh Khan’s sensational cameo powered Punjab Kings (PBKS) to a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a tense chase in Dubai. With this win, PBKS also kept their hopes alive for the playoffs berth in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
Earlier, PBKS skipper Rahul won the toss and put KKR to bat first. After Shubman Gill’s departure in the third over, Venkatesh Iyer (67 off 49) and Rahul Tripathi (34 off 26), then Nitish Rana (31 off 18) put Eoin Morgan & Co. in a commanding position, reaching 165/7 in their stipulated 20 overs.
For Punjab, Arsh❀d🦩eep Singh claimed three wickets while Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami produced economical spells.
Here’s is how Twitter reacted:
WHAT A WIN! 👏 👏
Yet another nail-biter as pull off a 5 wicket ♛win over in Dubai. 👍 👍
Scorecard 👉
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
This Veer Zaara reboot is one for the 𝒂�🍒���𝒔! 🥰
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Shahrukh Khan hits a winning six against Shahrukh Khan's team
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Man of the Match ➡️ KL RAHUL! ❤️
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Sharukh Khan wins a game for Preity Zinta's side!
It's all written. 🙂
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Today’s match was good, when Shahrukh🌄 ꩲkhan defeated
— KRK (@kamaalrkhan)
Magical with the 2 points tonight! 10 points apiece for & on the table 🤸🏽👏🌴 �𝔉�
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
What a great news it will be for India i𝔍f @klrahul11 goes to World Cup with the Orange cap. We♍ll done captain for leading from the front.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Still alive
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Namma ooruuu SRK beats the original SRK
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
If SRK cannot digest this༺ defeat, Preity can send a Zinetac.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
Shahrukh and Rahul winning it for Preity Zinta's side!
What a tale ❤️
— Kaali Zaban (@Nitzjotwani)
Captain knock by kl Rahul ❤️ 🥳🔥
— . (@Ajaykumar_183)