IPL 2023: PBKS vs KKR match delays before 2nd innings start due to floodlight failure

The
match
eventually
got
underway
following
a
delay
of
25-26
minutes
as
all
the
floodlights
came
on.
Despite
the
time
loss,
there
was
no
reduction
in
overs.
Subsequently,
there
was
no
revised
target
as
KKR
openers
came
out
to
chase
the
originally
asked
1920-run
target.

Before
the
start
of
the
innings,
Punjab
Kings
captain
Shikhar
Dhawan
also
availed
his
impact
player
option.
Seam-bowling
all-rounder
Rishi
Dhawan
was
included
in
the
line-up
in
place
of
Bhanuka
Rajapaksha,
who
scored
a
valuable
50-run
innings
earlier.

KKR
also
made
their
impact
substitute
as
Venkatesh
Iyer
came
to
bat
in
the
second
innings
after
the
side
lost
two
early
wickets
inside
the
powerplay.
The
left-handed
batter
replaced
spinner
Varun
Chakravarthy.

Earlier,
Rajapaksha
and
skipper
Dhawan
consolidated
on
the
explosive
start
provided
by
Prabhsimran
Singh
as
the
opener
played
a
12-ball
23
cameo
(two
sixes
and
fours
each).
Shikhar
and
Rajapaksha
had
a
stand
of
an
86-run
stand
with
the
latter
playing
the
aggressor
as
the
hosts
crossed
100
runs
within
the
10th
over.

However,
their
ambitions
to
go
past
200
were
halted
by
spinner
Chakravarthy
and
pacer
Umesh
Yadav,
who
bowled
an
economical
spell
of
1/26
and
1/27
respectively
and
put
a
check
on
run
flow.