Disciplined bowling from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)bowlers, especially spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine, helpedrestrict Punjab Kings (PBKS) to 123/9 in an Indian Premier League (IPL) matchon Monday.
Narine took two wickets for 22 and Chakravarthy one for24 as KKR got wickets at frequent intervals to derail the PBKS innings.
Opener Mayank Agarwal scored 31 off 34 balls while ChrisJordan chipped in with 30 off 18 deliveries towards the end of the innings toget PBKS past 100.
Agarwal had shared a 36-run partnership with skipper KLRahul for the first wicket in 5.4 overs but three quick wickets -- of Rahul(19), Chris Gayle (0) and Deepak Hooda (1) -- set the Punjab franchise back,reducing them to 42/3 in 7.4 overs.
Soon Agarwal departed as spinners came into operationduring the middle overs. When Nicholas Pooran (19) was dismissed as the sixthman and the score read 79, PBKS were in danger of getting bowled out for under100. However, Jordan hit some lusty blows to take the team to their eventualscore.
Brief scores: Punjab Kings 123/9 in 20 overs (M Agarwal31, C Jordan 30, P Krishna 3/30, S Narine 2/22, V Chakravarthy 1/24) vs KolkataKnight Riders.