Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana has been fined Rs 12 lakh for his team's slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens. The league said in its statement that this was their team's first offense of the season under the IPL's code of conduct. Because of this, a fine of Rs 12 lakh was imposed on Captain Nitish.
On Monday, Rinku Singh gave victory to Kolkata by hitting a boundary on the last ball and showed his excellent finisher. Due to this, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Punjab Kings by five wickets and kept the hopes of IPL play-offs alive.
Batting first after winning the toss, Punjab scored 179 runs losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Captain Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 57 runs in 47 balls. Apart from this, no batsman could do anything special. In the end, Shah Rukh Khan's 8-ball 21 and Harpreet Brar's unbeaten 17 in nine balls took Punjab to a score of 179. Varun Chakraborty took three wickets and Harshit Rana took two wickets from Kolkata.
In response, Jason Roy's 38 runs in 24 balls, Captain Nitish Rana's 51 runs in 38 balls, and Andre Russell's stormy innings of 42 runs in 23 balls with the help of three fours and three sixes gave victory. Kolkata needed 26 runs in the last two overs to win. Sam Karan came for bowling in the 19th over. Then Russell and Rinku Singh were at the crease. Russell hit three sixes in this over. Karan spent 20 runs in the 19th over.
In the last over, Kolkata needed six runs to win. Arshdeep came to bowl. He spent four runs in the first four balls. Russell was run out on the fifth ball. Kolkata needed three runs to win on the last ball, but Rinku Singh gave his team the victory by hitting a four. He remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 10 balls. This was KKR's 21st win over Punjab.
In terms of most wins against any one team, KKR's team has reached number two. Only Mumbai Indians have won more matches against any one team than them. Mumbai has won 23 matches against Kolkata only. Rahul Chahar took the maximum two wickets from Punjab. At the same time, Nathan Ellis and Harpreet Brar got one wicket each.
