Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to bat first at the Eden Gardens. They scored 58 runs in the powerplay but lost Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Liam Livingstone in that period. Dhawan then stitched things up for Punjab in the middle over, putting up a 53-run stand with Jitesh Sharma for the third wicket. Dhawan scored 57 off 47 before falling to his KKR counterpart Nitish Rana. PBKS struggled to get momentum until the last two overs in which Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar gave them a big boost. 36 runs were scored in those two overs, with 21 coming off the last and Punjab kings scored 179/7. Shahrukh was unbeaten on 21 off 8 while Brar was on 17 off 9. In respoinse, KKR were not able to get too much momentum going in the powerplay and it has now come to a point where they need more than 50 runs to win in the last five overs.
