Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar’s first outing in the 2021 IPL turned out to be a fairytale. His brisk cameo with the bat backed by the triple strikes with the ball helped Punjab Kings record a morale boosting 34-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad on Friday. not to forget skipper KL Rahul, who earlier led from the front with a classy 91 to propel Punjab to a challenging 179 for 5 after being put in to bat at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
But it was one of those few evenings when everything Harpreet touched, turned into gold. Brar broke the backbone of the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting with the prized scalps of Virat Kohli (35), Glenn Maxwell (0) and AB de Villiers (3), to spearhead Punjab’s recovery. Brar was ably supported by leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who nearly clinched a hat-trick before returning figures of 2/17.
This story is from the May 01, 2021 edition of The Times of India Mumbai.
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