KKR vs PBKS – IPL 2022 Report: Dre Russ show at Wankhede!

KKR vs PBKS – Match 8 – IPL 2022 Report: Kolkata Knight Riders are back to winning ways as they handed Punjab Kings their first defeat in IPL 2022. Earlier Punjab were rattled by Umesh Yada’s 4 wicket haul which bowled them out for 137 runs.

Andre Russell walked in to bat at 51/4 and took the game away from Punjab with his hard hitting skills. Russell was severe on his countryman Odean Smith and Harpreet Brar. He smacked a 26-ball half century and powered a total of 2 fours and 8 sixes in his match winning knock of 70 in 31 balls.

KKR vs PBKS Toss: Shreyas Iyer (KKR) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Punjab Kings:

Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Raj Bawa, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

KKR vs PBKS – IPL 2022 – Match Summary

PBKS 138 all out in 18.2 overs

Shikhar Dhawan 16 (15) – 1 four & 1 six

Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31 (9) – 3 fours & 3 sixes

Liam Livingstone 19 (16) – 1 four & 1 six

Kagiso Rabada 25 (16) – 4 fours & 1 six

Umesh Yadav 4-1-23-4

Tim Southee 4-0-36-2

Andre Russell 0.2-0-0-1

Sunil Narine 4-0-23-1

KKR 141-4 in 14.3 overs

Ajinkya Rahane 12 (11) – 3 fours

Shreyas Iyer 26 (15) – 5 fours

Sam Billings 24 *(23) – 1 four & 1 six

Andre Russell 70*(31) – 2 fours & 8 sixes

Kagiso Rabada 3-0-23-1

Rahul Chahar 4-1-13-2

Result: KKR won by 6 wickets

Player of the Match: Umesh Yadav