Punjab Kings made historical past on Tuesday because the Shreyas Iyer-led facet efficiently defended a low rating of 111 towards Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 2025 match in Mullanpur. To place issues in perspective, that is the bottom complete defended by any IPL group within the historical past of the event that began in 2008. When PBKS had been all out for 111, all of the speak was about how rapidly KKR would attain the goal. However midway within the innings, the tables turned as Yuzvendra Chahal picked up a four-wicket haul. Earlier than this, the bottom complete ever defended in IPL was 116/9 by Chennai Tremendous Kings within the 2009 version.
Lowest totals defended within the IPL
111 – PBKS vs KKR, Mullanpur, 2025
116/9 – CSK vs PBKS, Durban, 2009
118 – SRH vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2018
119/8 – PBKS vs MI, Durban, 2009
119/8 – SRH vs PWI, Pune, 2013
*excludes rain-affected video games
Yuzvendra Chahal led a shocking comeback for Punjab Kings with sensible figures of 4/28 because the hosts defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in a low-scoring Indian Premier League thriller right here on Tuesday. After proscribing PBKS for 111 inside 16 overs, KKR regarded set for a snug win reaching 60 for 2 in seven overs.
Chahal then ran by means of KKR middle-order handy Punjab an unlikely however thrilling win as KKR had been all out for 95 in 15.1 overs.
Earlier, Punjab Kings collapsed from 39 for no loss to 111 all out in 15.3 overs with Harshit Rana taking 3/25 whereas Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine claiming two wickets apiece.
Priyansh Arya (22) and Prabhsimran Singh (30) fired on the prime however the hosts suffered a collapse to be bowled out for 111 for the second lowest rating amongst all groups this season.
Transient scores: Punjab Kings 111 in 15.3 overs in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 30; Harshit Rana 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/21, Sunil Narine bagged 2/14) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 95 in 15.1 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37; Marco Jansen 3/17, Arshdeep Singh 1/11, Yuzvendra Chahal 4/28) by 16 runs.
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