KKR vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2021: KL Rahul leads Punjab Kings to 5-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders

1 1 1 1 1 1 - A tidy 6-run over from Sunil Narine comes to an end. Punjab Kings need another 57 runs off 36 balls and they still have their skipper KL Rahul at the crease batting on 46 alongside Aiden Markram (8*).

Length ball into the pads from Venkatesh Iyer and KL Rahul smokes to over the deep mid-wicket fence. Rahul moves to 42 with that monstrous hit into the second tier. PBKS 102/2 after 12.5 overs

2 1 0 2 1 1 - 7 runs from Nitish Rana first over. Punjab Kings need another 74 runs off 48 balls at 9.25 RPO. KL Rahul (34*) is batting alongside Aiden Markram (3*).

Varun Chakravarthy, this time goes outside off and Nicholas Pooran slices it straight to Shivam Mavi at deep cover. Varun gets his second wicket as Pooran walks back for 12. PBKS 84/2 after 10.4 overs

Full-toss from Varun Chakravarthy and Nicholas Pooran hoicks it over the wide long-on fence. Easily done!

Second dropped catch of the evening for Kolkata Knight Riders! Rahul Tripathi, this time, drops Nicholas Pooran at short extra-cover. Eoin Morgan earlier dropped Mayank Agarwal when he was batting at 1 and he then went on to score 40. How costly this Pooran drop chance will be now for KKR?

Breakthrough for Kolkata Knight Riders. Varun Chakravarthy gets rid of Mayank Agarwal for 40. Length ball outside off from Varun and Mayank hits it straight to Eoin Morgan at short extra-cover. PBKS 70/1 after 8.5 overs

A six off a free hit from Mayank Agarwal ends the eighth over. Pressure was building on Mayank and KL Rahul. A 5-run over from Varun Chakravarthy was followed by tight first five balls from Venkatesh Iyer. He bowls a waist high no ball and Mayank got the license to go for the big hit. He ends the over with a maximum over extra-cover.

Mayank Agarwal goes down town against Sunil Narine. Lofts the ball high up and it just clears the fielder at long-off. Second maximum of the innings for Mayank!

1 0 0 0 1 1 - A tight first over from Varun Chakravarthy. Just three singles came off it. Sunil Narine to bowl the final over of the Powerplay. Both Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul have got to play these two Kolkata spinners carefully. KKR have gone in with a bowler short today and Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana will jointly have to fill the quota for the fifth bowler. If Punjab batsmen play the 8 overs of Narine and Varun cautiously, they can target the other weak bowlers!

0 0 1 0 0 4 - A boundary off the last ball spoils a good over from Shivam Mavi. Mavi goes short outside off on the last ball and Mayank Agarwal shuffles across and slaps the ball to the cover-point fence. PBKS 30/0 after 4 overs

Mayank Agarwal cracks the first six of this Punjab Kings' 166 chase. Over-pitched outside off from Tim Southee and Mayank creams it over the extra-cover fence. PBKS 25/0 after 2.5 overs

A full length delivery from Tim Southee and KL Rahul produces a perfect straight drive. Presents the full face of his bat and the ball goes straight back past the bowler and to the fence down the hill. PBKS 18/0 after 2.3 overs

Over-pitched straight delivery from Shivam Mavi and Mayank Agarwal tonks it straight down the ground. The ball goes high up. Just lands in front of the fence and rolls over to the boundary cushion. PBKS 12/0 after 1.5 overs

Crunched! Over-cooked outside off from Tim Southee and Mayank Agarwal whacks the ball to the cover fence. Finds the gap to perfection. Agarwal and Punjab get their first boundary of the evening.