PBKS vs RCB, IPL 2021: Harpreet Brar picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell in successive deliveries before sending back AB de Villiers to derail Royal Challengers Bangalore’s run chase in Match 26 on Friday.
Harpreet Brar made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings in 2019 when he played 2 games (Courtesy of PTI/BCCI)
HIGHLIGHTS
- RCB skipper Virat Kohli became Harpreet Brar’s maiden IPL wicket in Match 26
- Harpreet Brar finished with figures of 3 wickets for 19 runs in just his 3rd match for PBKS
- The 25-year-old Moga-born left-arm spinner was adjudged Player of the Match for his bowling exploits
Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee hailed young left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar, who starred with a Player of the Match performance for Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Friday.
Brar, 25, picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell in successive deliveries before sending back AB de Villiers to finish with figures of 3 for 19 in just his 3rd match for PBKS.
His match-winning spell at the Narendra Modi Stadium helped PBKS restrict RCB to 145 for 8 after they posted 179 for 5 in 20 overs. Brar also scored 25 not out off 17 balls in Punjab’s total after they being asked to bat first by Virat Kohli.
PBKS vs RCB, IPL 2021: Highlights | Report
“Imagine his friends and family at this moment. Virat Kohli goes out to him to give his congratulations. ‘Thanks for getting me out, don’t get me out again or you won’t play for India’ (laughs). No, just kidding,” Brett Lee joked on Star Sports.
After a good outing with the bat, a confident Brar came up with a glorious 11th over for his team. The left-arm spinner castled Kohli on the first ball and inflicted further damage by knocking off Glenn Maxwell’s off-stump on the very next delivery.
The Moga-born tweaker then got the golden wicket of AB de Villiers in his next over when the former South African captain chipped one straight into the hands of KL Rahul at extra cover.
“But imagine his parents and his family going – you got out Virat Kohli, fantastic. You got out Maxwell, brilliant. You got ABD! I mean what a game for him. Three massive scalps,” the former Punjab Kings pacer, who played for the franchise for 3 seasons, signed off.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris also praised the rookie Punjab cricketer, who could be a regular face in the PBKS playing XI for the rest of the tournament.
“It was an amazing spell, it was so good to see this youngster in just his third IPL game. This will give a life to Punjab Kings moving forward,” Styris said.
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