PBKS vs KKR IPL 2023: Full List of Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Stats and Records

Two Delhi boys led as Shikhar Dhawan led the Punjab Kings while Nitish Rana was captaining the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Nitish Rana won the toss and chose to bowl first. Punjab Kings got off to a flying start courtesy of Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh. Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa (50 off 32 balls) was the star with the bat for Punjab while Dhawan (40 off 20 balls) and Sam Curran (26* off 17 balls) played decent knocks to take them to 191/5 at the end of their full quota of overs.

KKR were lacklustre with the ball and they started poorly with the bat as well. Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz all departed early as the Knights were reeling at 29/3 at one stage.

KKR’s ship was steered by Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer, but the former got out of the bowling of Punjab’s debutant boy Sikandar Raza. Andre Russell (35 off 19 balls) played a stormy knock but his wicket put KKR in a further slump.

Rain played spoilsport as the game was stopped after the 16th over, when KKR were 146/7. The downpour continued and the match was finally decided via the DLS method as KKR fell short of 7 runs at that stage.

PBKS vs KKR IPL 2023 Match 2 Award Winners

Here is the complete list of award winners from the IPL 2023 Match 2 between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders-

Player Of The Match: Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) – 3/19 on 3 overs

TIAGO.ev Electric Striker Of The Match:

Herbalife Active Catch Of The Match:

Visit Saudi Beyond The Boundaries Longest 6: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR) – 101 mtrs

RuPay On-The-Go 4s: Shikhar Dhawan (PBKS) – 6 fours

UPSTOX Most Valuable Asset Of The Match:

Dream11 Gamechanger Of The Match: Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)

Note: All the prizes carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh

PBKS vs KKR IPL 2023 Stats and Records

Shardul Thakur tops unwanted list: KKR debutant Shardul Thakur conceded 43 runs in his four overs, thus conceding 40+ runs in 17 occasions, the most by a player since IPL 2017.

Shikhar Dhawan equals with Kohli: Shikhar Dhawan equalled with Virat Kohli with most 50+ partnerships in the IPL. Both players now have been part of 94 half-century stands in the tournament.

KKR slump to first DLS defeat: This is the first time KKR have lost a match via DLS method while chasing in the IPL. They had beaten Punjab via the D/L method in IPL 2009, which was one of their 3 victories in that dismal season.

Russell achieves KKR milestone: Andre Russell completed 2000 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders in the match, and is only the 3rd player to do so for the KKR side.

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