Priyansh Aarya and Prabhsimran have Create a new record in the 44th match of IPL 2025 and have become the second highest pair in IPL. Check out the record of PBKS Vs KKR IPL 2025 match 44.
In this exciting match of the 44th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) won the toss and decided to bat first. Making a great start, Punjab scored 201 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In which the explosive batting of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran has set a new record, now Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has a big target in front of them. Let’s know the main highlights of this match and the brilliant performance of the players.
explosive batting of PBKS
Priyanshu Arya’s smashing century
Priyansh Arya batted brilliantly and scored 69 runs in just 35 balls. He hit 8 fours and 4 towering sixes. His strike rate was 197.14, which makes this innings even more explosive. His wicket fell in the 11.5th over when he was dismissed by Vaibhav Arora.
Prabhsimran’s explosive innings
Prabhsimran did wonders in this innings. He scored 83 runs in 49 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 brilliant sixes. His strike rate was 169.39. His explosive batting strengthened Punjab’s innings and took the team to a big score.
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Performance of captain Shreyas Iyer and other players
Punjab King’s captain Shreyas Iyer scored 25 runs off 16 balls. He also hit a four and a six and remained unbeaten. His innings maintained the run rate in the final overs. His partner batsman Glenn Maxwell, who came to bat at number four, played an innings of 8 runs in 7 balls for his team and the team’s wicketkeeper Josh English scored fast and gave a brilliant performance of 11 runs in just 6 balls and took the team to a score of 201 runs.
PBKS Vs KKR IPL 2025: KKR bowling
Brilliant spell from Vaibhav Arora
Vaibhav Arora, the brilliant bowler of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. He dismissed important batsmen like Prabhsimran Singh and Marco Jansen.
Contribution by Arun Chakravarty and Andra Russell
PBKS Vs KKR IPL 2025: In the 44th match of IPL 2025, KKR’s best bowler Varun Chakravarthy did the right thing at the right time, he took an important wicket by giving 39 runs in 4 overs. Also, all-rounder player Andra Russell gave 27 runs in just three overs, while also taking 1 wicket.
Performance of other bowlers
Sandeep Sharma gave 35 runs in 4 overs but did not get any wicket.
Sunil Narayan gave away 35 runs in 4 overs and could not take any wicket.
Chetan Sakaria and Harshit Rana proved to be expensive. Chetan gave away 39 runs in 3 overs and Harshit gave away 27 runs in 2 overs.
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PBKS Vs KKR IPL 2025: Angel’s turning point
Punjab Kings scored runs quickly in the early stages where the first wicket fell at 120 runs when Priyansh Arya was dismissed.
Punjab suffered a slight setback when Prabhsimran Singh’s wicket fell at 160 runs.
Glenn Maxwell and Marco Jansen got out early, but captain Iyer and Josh Inglis kept the run rate up till the end.
In the last 5 overs, Punjab scored runs quickly and took the score past 200.
PKS vs KKR match standings
In this way, today PBKS has set a target of 202 runs in front of KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders will have to bat brilliantly to achieve this target. Punjab’s bowling is also very strong, which includes experienced bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
If Kolkata wants to win this match, then they will have to start aggressively and save wickets in the middle overs.
conclusion
Punjab Kings have put Kolkata Knight Riders in trouble by batting brilliantly. Now it has to be seen how KKR’s batting chases this big target. Fans of both the teams are going to get a lot of thrill in this match. If KKR batsmen adopt an aggressive attitude from the beginning, then the match can take an exciting turn. Otherwise Punjab can strengthen its hold in this match. By the way, KKR team will give a great performance in chasing the figure of 200.
