IPL 2023, KKR vs PBKS Live Score: Andre Russell, Rinku Singh Shine As KKR Defeat PBKS By Five Wickets

<p class="p2">KKR locked horns against Punjab Kings on Monday and it was skipper Nitish Rana who wreaked havoc with the bat and helped<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>Kolkata Knight Riders win by 5 wickets against Punjab Kings. KKR&rsquo;s skipper scored 51 off just 38 balls alongside West Indies legend Andre Russell who also made 42 runs in just 23 balls, helping their side seal a victory on Monday.</p> <p class="p2">Earlier, Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bat first, skipper Shikhar Dhawan making a terrific half-century in the <a title="IPL 2023" href="https://ift.tt/AymdXbs" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">IPL 2023</a> game on Monday. Dhawan ended up scoring 57 runs off 47 balls and helped his side score a decent total of 179 runs.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>Punjab lost their fancy batters early in the innings as Prabhsimran Singh, Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Liam Livingstone departed in the powerplay phase itself, despite making 58 runs.</p> <p class="p2">Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, it was Jitesh Sharma who made a crucial 21 runs in the middle, helping Punjab gain momentum. Coming down the order, Shahrukh Khan amassed 21 runs in just 8 deliveries and powered Punjab to a decent total.</p> <p class="p2">In reply, KKR batters were also reeling at one point in time but then it was Andre Russell who turned the tables alongside left-hander Rinku Singh who smashed a four off that to take KKR over the line but Arshdeep Singh made sure that the match went down to the last ball.</p> <p class="p2">For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy scalped three wickets for 26 runs and Harshit Rana picked up two wickets after giving away 33 runs.</p> <p class="p2">PBKS Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.</p> <p class="p2">KKR Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy.</p> <p class="p2">Brief scores: Punjab Kings: 179 for 7 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 57; Varun Chakravarthy 3/26, Harshit Rana 2/33).&nbsp;</p>

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