PBKS vs Kkr: ‘I am of’ 50 and I … ‘, Ponting’s statement on Punjab’s historic victory looted, told them the hero of victory

Ricky ponting statement after Win vs kkr ipl 2025: Yuzvendra Chahal returned to his career’s best 4-28 tournament figures, while fast bowler Marco Johnson on Tuesday registered a thrilling 16-run win for Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium. The Punjab bowlers bowled with full force to win a thrilling victory, defending the lowest score in the history of IPL. Earlier, Harshit Rana took three wickets, while the spin pair of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Naren took two wickets each and piled Punjab Kings for 111 runs in 15.3 overs.

Ponting’s statement after victory made a lot of

Heartbeat is still fast. I am now 50 years old and I do not want more like this. Defending 112 runs, in the end 16 runs were to be scored. We actually told the players on the halfway mark that chasing such a small goal is sometimes the most difficult. The wicket was not easy, as you could see during the game, it was definitely standing.

What did Ponting say about Chahal?

How good that spell of bowling was. In fact, he had a fitness test before the game today, in the last match he got hurt in the shoulder and I took him out of the warm-up and looking into his eyes, he said, ‘Friend you are right?’ He said coach I am 100 percent right, let me go there, yes what was that spell of bowling. Even though we would have lost that game, we could not be proud of the way we played in the second half, our batting was bad, the shot selection was also bad, but when I saw that we got on the field and we took wickets in the beginning and what we were missing was, it was a little faith in the ball and little energy in the field and everyone tonight.

If we had really lost in a close match…

If we had really lost in a close match, I would tell the players that it was really a learning moment in a season and could still happen. To be able to excavate such a game deeply to win, I think there were not many people all over the world who thought we could defend it and we did, all boys are credited. He was fantastic tonight. Talking about what was used for the team after the first innings, Ponting said that the way we changed things with the ball, Marco took the first over and Bartlett was second.

We had to make some changes there

It would have a role for Arshdeep only with the new ball, but tonight’s match-up suggested that Jenson and Bartlets are better suited. Therefore, we had to make some changes there. This type of victory is always the most cute, and if you can achieve it, then you should be as good in terms of victory as most people have done and I have coached in many sports in the IPL and it will probably be my best victory so far.

Kolkata was chasing a target of 112 runs

Chasing the target of 112 runs, Kolkata lost both its openers Sunil Narine (5) and Quinton de Kock (2) quickly. However, Yuzvendra Chahal took Punjab back into the game by taking the wicket of Rahane (17) in the eighth over. Chahal sent Raghuvanshi back to the pavilion in his next over. He scored 37 runs with five fours and a six after coming as an impressive alternative.

Venkatesh Iyer (7), Rinku Singh (2) and Ramandeep Singh (0) played silly shots on spinners and faced defeat. Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora also failed to face pressure and lost their wickets cheaply. Finally, Andre Russell raised some hope from his counter -entacing stroke play, but Marco Jenson ended his 17 -run score, making it possible for Punjab to defend the lowest score in the history of IPL.