Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Punjab Kings in the 45th match of the IPL 2021. After the loss, KKR captain Eoin Morgan said, " Initially we didn't field that well, we put catches down, myself early and other guys, it has cost us. When the game gets that tight towards the end, extra few wickets down would have helped us. Equally I thought we fought hard, batted really well and probably had a par score."

"Kings played well and then we fought back, catches have cost us. I thought in real time it was out - the Rahul catch in the 19th over. Obviously when you slow things down and analyse it that the third umpire thought otherwise and his decision is made, that's final and we need to get on with it. But it would have been nice if we had got that wicket. I think everyone that went out there found it difficult to get going initially, it was not an easy wicket to start on. But after having a strong 13-14 overs we didn't capitalize on that platform."

Brief Score:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 165/7 in 20 overs. (Iyer - 67(49), Arshdeep - 3/32)

Punjab Kings - 168/5 in 19.3 overs. (Rahul - 67(55), Mayank - 40(27), Varun - 2/24)
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