Chasing 160 runs, the Punjab Kings team got off to a poor start. The new opener Adharva (0) was a dacoit.. Prabhasimran Singh (4) also got off. But… Mathew Short (34: 5×4 in 22 balls, 2×6) who came in at No. 3 and Harpreet Singh (22: 3×4 in 22 balls) who came after him stopped the fall of wickets for a while and established a partnership of 28 runs for the third wicket. But.. after the out of these two, the Punjab team started to falter again. Captain Sam Karan (6) and Jitesh Sharma (2) were dismissed respectively. However, middle order batsman Sikander Raza (57: 4×4, 3×6 in 41 balls) remained stubborn at the crease. Although he took some time to settle in the crease, he was careful not to widen the gap between balls and runs by hitting huge sixes in the bowling of the spinners.
But.. Sikander Raza got out at the team score of 139. With that, Punjab needed 20 runs in the last 12 balls to win. At this stage Shahrukh Khan (23 not out: 1×4, 2×6 off 10 balls) scored a six and a four off the bowling of Markwood in the 19th over of the innings. He changed the equation to 7 runs off 6 balls. Spinner Ravi Bishnoi bowled the last over. Shahrukh Khan completed the victory with two consecutive doubles and a boundary in the first three balls. Lucknow team made a series of mistakes not only in batting and bowling but also in fielding.
Earlier in the match, captain KL Rahul (74: 8×4, 1×6) scored a half-century in 56 balls and the Punjab Kings, who lost the toss and batted first, managed to score 159 runs. Except for Rahul, no one in the team could score a remarkable score. Kyle Meyers (29: 1×4 off 23 balls), Hooda (2), Krunal (18), Pooran (0), Stoinis (15), Ayush Badoni (5), Krishnappa Gautham (1) chipped in with the low scores. Among the bowlers of Punjab team, captain Sam Karan took 3 wickets.. Rabada took two wickets, Arshadeep, Harpreet Barar and Sikander Raza took wickets each.
