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Patna : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 5 wickets in the 21st match of IPL 2021 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on April 26, 2021, late night, as captain Eoin Morgan scored an unbeaten 47 runs in 40 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes and Rahul Tripathi scored 41 in 32 balls hitting 7 fours. It was KKR’s second win in 6 matches. For PBKS, it was their 4th defeat in 6 games. Both the teams have now 4 points each. KKR had won the toss and opted to bowl.
Set a target of 124 runs, KKR scored 126/5 in 16.4 overs even as they were 17/3 after 3 overs losing the wickets of openers Shubman Gill (9) and Nitish Rana (0), and spinner Sunil Narine (0). Dinesh Karthik (wk) remained unbeaten on 12 runs in 6 balls hitting 2 fours in 17th over. It was KKR’s second win in 6 matches. For PBKS, it was their 4th defeat in 6 games. Both the teams have now 4 points each. KKR had won the toss and opted to bowl.
Batting first, PBKS scored only 123/9 in 20 overs with opener Mayank Agarwal scoring 31 in 34 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes and fast medium bowler Chris Jordan scoring 30 runs in 18 balls hitting 1 four and 3 sixes. Captain Lokesh Rahul (wk) fell to fast bowler Pat Cummins for 19 while his opening partner Mayank Agarwal fell to spinner Sunil Narine. Star batsman Chris Gayle fell to fast bowler Shivam Mavi for zero while all-rounder Deepak Hooda fell to fast bowler Prasidh Krishna for 1. Nicholas Pooran fell to spinner Varun Chakravarthy for 19. Prasidh Krishna took 3/30 in 4 overs while fellow fast bowler Pat Cummins took 2/31 in 3 overs.