The second match of IPL 2023 was played between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali. The Punjab Kings team managed to win this match by 7 runs on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis rule. When the match was stopped due to bad weather and rain, KKR, chasing the target of 192 runs for the win, scored 146 runs for seven wickets in 16 overs. But due to rain and bad weather, the match was not possible again. That is why victory and defeat were decided on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Which the Punjab team managed to win.
In this match against Kolkata Knight Riders, the Punjab team managed to score a great score of 191 runs. In this way, he gave KKR a goal of 192 runs to win the match. Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored the most runs for Punjab Kings. He came out after scoring 50 runs. Apart from him, Shikhar Dhawan played a 40-run innings. If we look at the scorecard, apart from Bhanuka and Shikhar, Prabhsimran Singh 23, Jitesh Sharma 21, Sikandar Raza came out after scoring 13 runs. At the same time, Sam Karan, the most expensive player ever sold at the IPL auction, played an unbeaten innings of 26 runs off 17 balls. While Shah Rukh Khan was not left out either after scoring 11 runs.
To achieve the target of 192 runs for the win, Kolkata Knight Riders lost wickets at regular intervals. It rained as KKR needed to score 46 runs in 4 overs to win the match. When the match was stopped, KKR had scored 146 runs for 7 wickets in 16 overs. Later, seeing that the match was not completed due to bad weather, the Duckworth-Lewis rule was used. Due to which, the Kolkata team was 7 runs behind Punjab until play was stopped. That is why Punjab Kings won this match by 7 runs.
