Delhi: On 26 April, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) ended without results due to heavy rains and strong winds. Due to the cancellation of the match, both teams shared one point each. With this issue, Punjab Kings reached fourth place in the IPL 2025 points table, while Kolkata Knight Riders remained in seventh place.
Top two teams still Gujarat and Delhi
However, both Gujarat Titans (GT) and Delhi Capitals (DC) are at the top with 12 points. He is in the first place due to the better of the Net run rate of Gujarat Titans.
KKR’s bowlers praised
KKR fast bowler Vaibhav Arora said in a post-match press conference that they are taking this one digit positively because due to this issue they can reach the playoffs. He said, “It will be decided over time whether this point will help us reach the playoffs. Our bowling is getting good, but there is a need to improve the batting. We will work on it even further.”
He also talked on his bowling and said that he had started as a new bowler with the last two seses, but this time he also paid attention to the death overs. In today’s match, he conceded 22 runs in 2 overs, but after that he took 2 wickets for only 12 runs in 2 overs.
Punjab Kings’s best batting performance
Punjab Kings made a brilliant start to bat first in the match. There was a 120 -run partnership between Opener batsmen Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh. Arya gave an aggressive start by scoring 69 runs in 35 balls, while Prabhasimran scored 83 runs in 49 balls. After this brilliant partnership, Punjab scored 201 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs.
KKR’s bowling ups and downs
For Kolkata Knight Riders, Vaibhav Arora bowled well and took 2 wickets for 34 runs. However, spin bowlers Sunil Naren and Varun Chakraborty did not perform as good, and they gave 74 runs in 8 overs.
Match canceled due to rain and strong winds
When KKR’s batting started, light rain started. By the end of the first over, the team had scored 7 runs, but then suddenly rain and winds worsened the ground situation. After this, the match officials inspected the ground several times, but were not enough to improve the circumstances, and in the end the match was canceled.
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