IPL 2021: Very Happy We Pulled This One Off

Punjab Kings (PBKS) batting coach Wasim Jaffer was a cheerful man after his facet defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 5 wickets on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Friday. The win took PBKS to the fifth spot on the desk with two extra video games left to play.

After limiting KKR to 165/7 courtesy of Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi’s efforts with the ball, PBKS got down to chase the whole with a sluggish method. Mayank Agarwal obtained an early reprieve and made probably the most of it nevertheless it was KL Rahul who stood tall.

He fought until the tip and perished within the final over nevertheless it was sufficient for the Punjab franchise to sneak over the road. The win provides them a much-needed increase of their quest to qualify for the playoffs and Wasim Jaffer was fairly ecstatic about it.

“It was very tense as standard. We by no means make it simple for ourselves, so related, however glad we got here out on the suitable facet of the sport. So, very blissful we pulled this one off,” Jaffer talked about.

Shah Rukh Khan is an thrilling expertise, I’m blissful for him – Wasim Jaffer

The PBKS batting coach additional praised Shah Rukh Khan, who performed a blistering cameo on the fag finish to safe the victory for Punjab. Having been benched for the primary few video games, Shah Rukh was lastly given the chance and he made it rely instantly with a 9-ball 22 in opposition to KKR.

“He’s an thrilling expertise and he carried out in opposition to Shahrukh’s group, which is a really distinctive factor. However I’m blissful for him. He labored actually arduous coming into this recreation. However actually blissful that we went over the road lastly, so hopefully fingers crossed for the subsequent two video games,” Jaffer concluded.

PBKS can have an opportunity to leapfrog KKR into fourth place after they play in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday within the day recreation.

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