Punjab Kings failed to score four in the final over despite having 8 wickets in hand.
The second phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) saw its first thriller finish on Tuesday (September 22). Rajasthan Royals (RR) made an unbelievable comeback to stun Punjab Kings (PBKS) with a 2-run win.
After starting with a 120-run opening partnership, it looked like Punjab would win with an over left in their run-chase of 186 runs. However, the last two overs completely changed the match. It was their sixth defeat in nine matches of the IPL 2021.
Needing only 8 runs in 12 deliveries, PBKS scored 4 runs in the penultimate over of Mustafizur Rahman, and then managed only 1 run in the final over against Kartik Tyagi.
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Tyagi was the hero of the match and he rightly got the Player of the Match award for his superb bowling display. He picked up two wickets and gave only 29 runs in four overs.
The Twitterati were amazed by the defeat of Punjab and they came up with some hilarious memes.
Here are the tweets: