KKR vs PBKS in pics: Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan aces the chase

For Punjab, opener Mayank Agarwal top-scored with a painstaking 31 off 34 balls but Chris Jordan's 30 off 18 balls took them past 120-run mark. (KL Rahul captain of Punjab Kings in pic/Sportzpics)

Nicholas Pooran of Punjab Kings plays a shot during match 21 of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 between the Punjab Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders held at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on the 26th April 2021. (Sportzpics)

With Prasidh Krishna creating trouble with his short-of-length kickers, Punjab looked like they won’t cross 100 but Chris Jordan’s breezy 30 got them to 123. (Sportzpics for IPL)

Prasidh Krishna has best figures of 3 for 30 while Pat Cummins and Sunil Narine also chipped in with a couple of wickets each. (Sportzpics for IPL)

There was a lot of dew on the outfield, and it would not have been easy as Prasidh Krishna and Sunil Narine kept wiping the ball dry after every delivery, but they held their poise to strangle the run flow. Resultantly, the wickets came, and Punjab dawdled towards a below-par total. (Sportzpics for IPL)

On a slow-and-low pitch, Kolkata strangled Punjab with their spinners in the middle overs. It seemed they wouldn’t get to 100 but Chris Jordan swung his bat around to push the total to 123. The chase got off to the familiar Kolkata wobble, but captain Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi settled the issue. (Sportzpics for IPL)

The chase must have prompted a familiar sinking feeling for Kolkata, who were wobbling at 17 for 3, that included a stunning catch. (Sportzpics for IPL)

Morgan did what he always does, unfurling his calculated charges down the track to seamers interspersed with punchy drives. He didn’t let the required run rate climb at all, as he kept playing the boundary shots every now and then. (Sportzpics for IPL)