'Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, we owe you an apology': Twitter explodes as Punjab Kings beat KKR in IPL thriller

Fans on Twitter reacted after Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the 31st game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The game between the two teams took place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Tuesday (15th April).

Punjab Kings snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by the margin of 16 runs. They came up with a magical effort with the ball as they made the Ajinkya Rahane-led side look clueless to defend the lowest total ever in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Punjab Kings had a poor outing with the bat

Punjab Kings had a poor outing with the bat as they got all out for just 111 runs. This happened after they had a great start with the bat. Priyansh Arya (22) and Prabhsimran Singh (30) looked in good form as they added 39 runs for the opening stand.

But, after that, Punjab Kings had a collapse. Harshit Rana oozed his class with the ball as he removed the top three. After that, spin was introduced, and that made batters struggle. Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine picked two wickets each to put pressure on the opposition.

No Punjab Kings batter apart from openers could go past the 20-run mark as Kolkata Knight Riders ended their innings on just 111 inside 16 overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal shines with the ball as Punjab Kings bundled out KKR for 95 to win the game by 16 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders lost both the openers in Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine early. But skipper, Ajinkya Rahane (17) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (37) steadied the ship with their 55-run stand and it seemed that it would be an easy win for the defending champions.

But Yuzvendra Chahal turned the game on his head as he picked four wickets in his spell that saw Kolkata Knight Riders tottering at 79 for eight. Andre Russell (17) hit a few blows to bring his team back but he couldn't take his side home as Punjab Kings bundled out Kolkata for 95 to win the game by 16 runs.

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Fans on Twitter react after Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2025

As Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2025 to defend the lowest-ever total in the league, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They lauded the Shreyas-led side for their terrific performance and gave some joyful reactions. Here are some of them:

ONLY IPL CAN PRODUCES LIKE THIS ..!!

IPL IS IPLING, WHAT A MATCH..!

- Captain shreyas Iyer created history in IPL

- Jansen clean up Russell & KKRaar

- Yuzi Chahal, Maxwell with Bowl.

- Congratulations Preity Zinta & Ricky ponting..!

pic.twitter.com/xnjPBtL5Tr

— MANU. (@IMManu_18) April 15, 2025

No PR drama.
No unnecessary attitude.
Just pure captaincy.#ShreyasIyer • #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/6ImWiXZa1k

— Movies4u Official (@Movies4u_Officl) April 15, 2025

Imagine going straight from failing to defend 245 in their previous match to defending 112 in the very next game 😭 This is Punjab Kings heritage. pic.twitter.com/38bLEIFYZH

— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 15, 2025

Captain Kohli failed to win IPL with prime Abd, Starc and Gayle.

Captain Iyer defending 111 with washed chahal, jansen and bartlett.

Captaincy matters the most !! pic.twitter.com/6lIJpWBnPt

— 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 (@ImRobert64) April 15, 2025

This is the best IPL game i've seen in last few years🔥

kudos to chahal, maxwell and company, brave large hearted captaincy from Shreyas Iyer ❤ pic.twitter.com/L0pOqDgA6y

— 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢 (@SaurabhTripathS) April 15, 2025

What a match, What a win Punjab Kings..

Punjab have done it...The lowest total successfully defended in IPL history!

Preity Zinta presented the POTM award to Yuzi Chahal.#PBKSvKKR #KKRvsPBKS
Russell Shreyas Iyer
Maxwell नेशनल हेराल्ड #nationalheraldcase#chahal Punjab Kings pic.twitter.com/BiKmfMjUJ7

— Adri Sharma (@viraltweet___) April 15, 2025

Oh my god what have we just witnessed. Lowest total in the history of IPL has just been defended. Chahal Magical, Jansen Phenomenon, Take a bow Shreyas Iyer the captain.

— Drog BABA (@TheDrogBABA) April 15, 2025

For iyer captaincy and chahal bowling ❤️😭 pic.twitter.com/IoSuGO5Fty

— charan (@tamasha9999) April 15, 2025

Yuzi Chahal to Shreyas Iyer:#PBKSvKKR pic.twitter.com/8fMm35P7rD

— Kartik🔥 (@KaiseAanaHuaaa) April 15, 2025

Just simply, one of the greatest matches in the #IPL. @PunjabKingsIPL

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 15, 2025

If there is captaincy then like Shreyas Iyer,
he made KKR win the last IPL, Punjab kings feels that his captaincy will make them win this IPL
WHAT A MATCH IPL is IPLing
Arshdeep #PBKSvKKR #Chahal #chahal pic.twitter.com/b915kLzKW2

— Aditya Chandel (@meme_doc_19) April 15, 2025

Shreyas Iyer redeemed his captaincy on the highest scale with a generational defense against his former team. pic.twitter.com/LiXuxpiVYe

— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) April 15, 2025