Punjab Kings endured a night to forget with the bat, getting bowled out for just 111 runs. In response, Kolkata Knight Riders faced early setbacks as openers Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock were dismissed within the powerplay.
However, Ajinkya Rahane and young Angkrish Raghuvanshi steadied the innings, guiding KKR to 60/2 by the seventh over.
Rahane was looking in fine touch, but his composed knock came to an end in the eighth over when Yuzvendra Chahal struck to break the partnership. What followed was a moment of pure comedy, courtesy of Xavier Bartlett.
On the fifth ball of the same over, Chahal bowled a length delivery on the pads, and Venkatesh Iyer swept it toward deep backward square leg.
Bartlett was positioned perfectly to field the ball and looked set for a routine stop—but the dew had other plans. As he wound up for the throw, the ball slipped from his hand and bizarrely rolled away to the boundary behind him.
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Chahal’s frustration was evident, while fans on social media had a field day, turning the blunder into a viral moment filled with memes and laughter.