Who won yesterday’s IPL match and what was yesterday’s IPL result. Also scorecard of Yesterday match of IPL. The 21st match of IPL 2021 was played between Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders was the team who won yesterday match of IPL by the margin of five wickets.
Who Was Man of the match in Yesterday’s IPL Match
Eoin Morgan was the man of the match due to his best batting performance.
What Happened in Yesterday IPL Match
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked just 123 runs in their inning of 20 overs which their batting order also had an outstanding performance and chased the target in 16.4 overs.
Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings lost the toss and were asked to bat first in yesterday’s match of IPL. Their batting order almost collapsed in that match. They could manage to score just 123 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Mayank Agarwal was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 31 runs. Chris Jordan could manage to score 30 runs while Pooran and KL Rahul scored 19 runs each.
The bowling department of Punjab Kings also failed to give the best performance in yesterday’s IPL match. They failed to defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 124 runs in 16.4 overs. Moises Henriques, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, and Deepak Hooda picked one wicket in the previous match.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The performance of the bowling department of Kolkata Knight Riders was just outstanding. They restricted the strong batting order of Punjab Kings on just 123 runs. Prasidh Krishna was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets while Pat Cummins and Sunil Narine picked two wickets each while Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakravarthy picked one wicket each against Punjab Kings.
The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders also performed well in yesterday match of IPL and chased the target of 124 runs with three overs and two balls left and five wickets in hand. The skipper, Eoin Morgan was the highest run-scorer from their side who remained not out after scoring 47 runs while Rahul Tripathi scored 41 runs.