punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh played a brilliant innings of 83 runs in 49 balls against kolkata Knight Riders in the match played on Saturday. He played an innings of 120 runs for the first wicket with Priyansh Arya. The first wicket fell to the team in the form of Priyansh Arya, who scored 69 runs in 35 balls. In this innings, he hit 4 sixes and 8 fours. After this Prabhsimran Singh missed his century, he scored 83 runs in 49 balls with the help of 6 sixes and as many fours. He was dismissed by Vaibhav Arora, but in this innings Prabhsimran did something that no uncapped player has done for punjab till date.
Prabhsimran Singh is the first uncapped player to do so
Prabhsimran Singh completed 1000 runs for punjab Kings in IPL, he has become the first uncapped player to do so. Prabhsimran, a resident of Patiala, has been playing in the IPL since 2019, he was selected for punjab in his first season. So far Prabhsimran has scored 1048 runs in 43 matches, which includes a century and 5 half-century innings.
Match washed out due to rain
kolkata Knight Riders vs punjab Kings is the first match to be canceled due to rain in IPL 2025. punjab scored 201 runs while batting first. However, after a great start from Priyansh Arya (69) and Prabhsimran (83), the team was able to score about 20-25 runs less, as when Priyansh was out, the team's score was 120 in 11.5 overs. shreyas iyer scored an unbeaten 25 off 16 balls. Maxwell (7) flopped once again.
The match was halted for a long time due to rain, when the innings of kolkata Knight Riders started, only one over of the match could be played and then it rained again. The match was cancelled due to rain and both teams were given 1-1 points.
punjab Kings reached fourth position even after cancellation
punjab Kings have 11 points with 5 wins in 9 matches and one cancelled match. They have come to fourth place in the points table by defeating mumbai Indians. gujarat Titans is currently at number one, delhi Capitals and royal challengers Bangalore are at second and third positions respectively. All the three teams at the top have 12-12 points.
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