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Punjab Kings have beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs in DLS method with the help of brilliant innings from Bhanuka Rajapaksa and stunning 3 wicket haul from Arshdeep Singh respectively. Talking about the game KKR winning the toss invited PBKS to bat first and they posted a huge total of 191/5 on board. Tim Southee was very expensive with the ball despite picking 2 wickets, while Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy bowled impressive bowling spell respectively.
KKR chasing 192 runs, kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were reduced to 80/5 at one stage but Andre Russell's phenomenal knock gave life to KKR in this game and they managed to reach a total of 146/7 at the end of 16 overs but unfortunately match got interrupted at that stage due to rain, thus the game was awarded for Punjab with DLS rule.
Numbers and Stats from PBKS vs KKR game:
1 - Bhanuka Rajapaksa recorded his maiden fifty in IPL.
3 - Nitish Rana has played just 3 matches for India in International cricket so far.
Least matches played for India before leading a franchise in IPL:
Nitish Rana - 3
Sanju Samson - 7
Karun Nair - 8
3 - Sikandar Raza becomes 3rd Zimbabwe player to play in IPL after Tatenda Taibu (2008) & Ray Price (2011)
3 - Andre Russell became 3rd batsman after Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa to complete 2000 runs (2012) for KKR in IPL.
Most runs for KKR in IPL:
Gautam Gambhir - 3035
Robin Uthappa - 2439
Andre Russell - 2012
3/19 - Arshdeep Singh has won his first Man of the Match award in IPL for his brilliant bowling figures of 3/19 in today's game.
Arshdeep Singh's best bowling figures in IPL:
5/32 vs RR in Dubai, 2021
3/19 vs KKR in Mohali, 2023
3/23 vs SRH in Dubai, 2020
Arshdeep Singh also completed the milestone of picking 100 wickets in T20 cricket.
34 - Umesh Yadav has taken most wickets against an opponent team in IPL now.
Most wickets against a team in IPL:
Umesh Yadav - 34 vs PBKS
Dwayne Bravo - 33 vs MI
Sunil Narine - 33 vs PBKS
54 - Tim Southee ended up conceding 54 runs in this match against PBKS.
Most runs conceded by Tim Southee in an IPL innings:
61 vs KKR in Bengaluru, 2019
57 vs LSG in Navi Mumbai, 2022
54 vs PBKS in Mohali, 2023
850 - Shikhar Dhawan has surpassed Suresh Raina for scoring most runs against KKR in IPL.
Most runs vs KKR in IPL:
Rohit Sharma - 1020
David Warner - 1018
Shikhar Dhawan - 850
Suresh Raina - 829
Virat Kohli - 786