Kolkata XI vs Punjab XI 21st Match at Ahmedabad, 26 Apr, 2021

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Punjab XI 123/9 (20)
Kolkata XI 126/5 (16.4)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Eoin Morgan
  • Dinesh Karthik 12 * (6)
  • Eoin Morgan 47 * (40)

Over 2.1 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Gets waits on it and upper slices it carefully for a four

Over 2.2 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets forward and throws his bat at it and gets it to deep point for a single

Over 2.3 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Sunil Narine, no run, goes on to the back foot and looks for a pull across the line and misses. That seemed in a little.

Over 2.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Sunil Narine,1 leg bye, gets forward and  misses the pull and the ball ricochets away into the off-side for a single

Over 2.5 Arshdeep Singh bowls a pitched up delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets forward and driven into the covers for a single

Over 2.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Sunil Narine, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi! Narine tried to slog across the line and was caught at deep mid. Bishnoi dived full length and takes a blinder.

Over 4.2 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run,  jumps out and slaps it to deep cover for a single. Was hit well

Over 4.3 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Eoin Morgan,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls the ball away by dragging it from outside off to deep mid for a single

Over 4.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Opens the face of the bat on impact to run it past point for a four. That was hit sweetly.

Over 4.5 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, no run, gets forward and stabs it out into the off-side with soft hands

Over 4.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls a pitched up delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and slaps it straight down the ground for four.

Over 16.1 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Eoin Morgan,1 run, gets waits on it and pulls to deep midwicket

Over 16.2 Arshdeep Singh bowls a pitched up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Comes onto the front foot and smashes it through mid-off and gets a boundary.

Over 16.3 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, gets on top of the bounce and pulled away to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 16.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and nails the pull shot through midwicket this time to seal a comprehensive win.

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets

KL Rahul (PBKS): It is never nice to be on the losing side. Don't know what to say. We should have adapted better. We could have applied lot more with the bat. Expect the boys to be smarter. Some soft dismissals have cost us the game. It was a bit two paced. Kept a little up down. Was tough to assess what are the high risk shots here. It is expected of good teams to adapt quicker. We need to keep our heads higher and keep trying. Bishnoi's catch was stunning, Especially when you have a coach like Jonty Rhodes. He puts us to tough tests and sees how every boy reacts. The training rubs on during match situations. Hopefully we can keep building and get better. 

KL Rahul (PBKS): It is never nice to be on the losing side. Don't know what to say. We should have adapted better. We could have applied lot more with the bat. Expect the boys to be smarter. Some soft dismissals have cost us the game. It was a bit two paced. Kept a little up down. Was tough to assess what are the high risk shots here. It is expected of good teams to adapt quicker. We need to keep our heads higher and keep trying. Bishnoi's catch was stunning, Especially when you have a coach like Jonty Rhodes. He puts us to tough tests and sees how every boy reacts. The training rubs on during match situations. Hopefully we can keep building and get better.