Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Punjab Kings (KKR vs PBKS) by six wickets in the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 to top the points table. Kolkata won the toss and elected to bowl first and bundled out Punjab for 137 runs and won by six wickets. In the 15th season of IPL, in 7 matches so far, the team that bowled 6 times has registered. There is a lot of dew in Mumbai in the evening and hence the team chasing the target gets an advantage.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer also admitted that it is very difficult to defend the score due to dew in the evening. He also described Mumbai’s Wankhede pitch like a swimming pool. Iyer said at the time of toss, ‘We would naturally like to bowl. There is a swimming pool here in the second innings. In the second innings, Iyer was referring to the dew from the swimming pool. Mumbai gets a lot of dew in the evening and in such a situation, bowling is not easy.
Talking about the match, Punjab, batting first, scored 137 runs, which Kolkata won by six wickets with 33 balls to spare due to the stormy innings of Russell Massal. Russell played an unbeaten innings of 70 runs in just 31 balls with the help of two fours and eight sixes. Due to dew, fast bowlers also face a lot of problems in the second innings. Especially in throwing a slow ball because the ball starts slipping from the hand. The league matches of IPL 2022 are being played in Maharashtra and in such a situation, the toss is going to be important in every match here.