Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard, IPL 2021
Top performers
The Statz MVP, the top bat and the top bowl
Updated 26 April 2021
Punjab Kings batting
1st innings, run rate 6.15
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Lokesh Rahul (c) (wk)c Sunil Narine b Pat Cummins |
19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 95.0 |
 Mayank Agarwalc Rahul Tripathi b Sunil Narine |
31 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 91.2 |
 Chris Gaylec Dinesh Karthik b Shivam Mavi |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Deepak Hoodac Eoin Morgan b Prasidh Krishna |
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
 Nicholas Pooranb Varun Chakaravarthy |
19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
 Moises Henriquesb Sunil Narine |
2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
 Shahrukh Khanc Eoin Morgan b Prasidh Krishna |
13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 92.9 |
 Chris Jordanb Prasidh Krishna |
30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 166.7 |
 Ravi Bishnoic Eoin Morgan b Pat Cummins |
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
 Mohammed Shaminot out |
1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
 Arshdeep Singhnot out |
1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | 5 (lb 1, w 4) | ||||
| Total | 123/9 (20 ov) | ||||
1-36 Lokesh Rahul 5.4 ov, 2-38 Chris Gayle 6.3 ov, 3-42 Deepak Hooda 7.4 ov, 4-60 Mayank Agarwal 11.2 ov, 5-75 Moises Henriques 13.1 ov, 6-79 Nicholas Pooran 14.2 ov, 7-95 Shahrukh Khan 17.2 ov, 8-98 Ravi Bishnoi 18.1 ov, 9-121 Chris Jordan 19.4 ov
Kolkata Knight Riders bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Shivam Mavi1 wd |
4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 |
 Pat Cummins1 wd |
3 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10.33 |
 Sunil Narine |
4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
 Prasidh Krishna2 wd |
4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7.50 |
 Andre Russell |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
 Varun Chakaravarthy |
4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 |
Kolkata Knight Riders batting
2nd innings, run rate 7.56
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shubman Gilllbw b Mohammed Shami |
9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.5 |
 Nitish Ranac Shahrukh Khan b Moises Henriques |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Rahul Tripathic Shahrukh Khan b Deepak Hooda |
41 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 128.1 |
| Sunil Narinec Ravi Bishnoi b Arshdeep Singh |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Eoin Morgan (c)not out |
47* | 40 | 4 | 2 | 117.5 |
| Andre Russellrun out (Arshdeep Singh) |
10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 111.1 |
 Dinesh Karthik (wk)not out |
12* | 6 | 2 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | 7 (lb 6, w 1) | ||||
| Total | 126/5 (16.4 ov) | ||||
1-5 Nitish Rana 0.4 ov, 2-9 Shubman Gill 1.5 ov, 3-17 Sunil Narine 2.6 ov, 4-83 Rahul Tripathi 10.6 ov, 5-98 Andre Russell 14.1 ov
Did not batPat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy
Punjab Kings bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Henriques |
1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Mohammed Shami1 wd |
4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| Arshdeep Singh |
2.4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 10.13 |
| Ravi Bishnoi |
4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 |
| Chris Jordan |
3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Deepak Hooda |
2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10.00 |
Match details
- Toss
- Riders, bowl
- Start
- Mon 26 Apr, 15:00 UK
- Competition
- IPL 2021
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Questions
When is Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders starts at 15:00 UK time (19:30 in India) on Monday 26 April 2021, at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, part of IPL 2021; this page has the form, the head to head, the ground and the projections for the match.
What is the Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders head to head?
Kolkata Knight Riders lead the Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders head to head at 16-9 from 27 T20 meetings, with 2 no results, and the latest, on 6 April 2026 at Eden Gardens, ended without a winner.
What is Punjab Kings's recent form?
Punjab Kings have won 1 and lost 4 of their last 5 T20 matches, newest first W L L L L; most recently they beat Lucknow Super Giants on 23 May, 200/3 to 196/6.
What is Kolkata Knight Riders's recent form?
Kolkata Knight Riders have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 5 T20 matches, newest first L W W L W; most recently they lost to Delhi Capitals on 24 May, 163 to 203/5.
What is a good score at Narendra Modi Stadium?
A good first-innings score at Narendra Modi Stadium is around 196, the average over its last 30 T20 matches, and the side batting first has won 60% of them, so batting first has had the edge there.