Harpreet Brar is going to remember 20th April 2021 forever and will tell his grandkids the story of this day. The day when he dismissed three of the most destructive batsmen of the world. Brar crumbled Royal Challengers Bangalore’s middle-order to take Punjab Kings over the line in the 26th match of the Indian Premier League 2021.
Punjab Kings were asked to bat first and they started off well on the back of some fine stroke-making by KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. The letter got out after making 46 runs but the former was unstoppable. Rahul scored his 25th fifty of the IPL and sent RCB bowlers to all corners of the ground. His unbeaten 91 runs took PKBS to 179/5 in 20 overs.
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In response, RCB was chasing the target sensibly. Virat Kohli had spent time in the middle and was looking set to take the chase deep. Then came Harpreet Brar to bowl the 11th over of the match. This single overturned the tide of the game towards PKBS. He clean-bowled Kohli on the first ball of this over. Everyone was waiting for Glenn Maxwell to put on a show against his former team like Rahul and Gayle did earlier today.
But Maxwell received a top delivery from Brar and got cleaned up for a golden duck. He was so shocked with his dismissal that he refused to leave the ground at first instance. However, he left the field after replays confirmed his dismissal.
Brar bowled four more dot balls to complete a double-wicket maiden over. He, then, came to bowl his final over and dismissed the biggest threat of RCB’s batting – AB de Villiers. The match was done and dusted at this point as the rest was the formality. De Villiers scored three runs in nine balls that he faced during his innings.
Have a look at how Twitter reacted after Brar’s match-winning spell;
Harpreet Brar's match-turning 3/19 https://t.co/9ry5XCCGDe
— Cricket Videos (@CricketVideos15) April 30, 2021
M26: PBKS vs RCB – Glenn Maxwell Wicket https://t.co/60dFc8iA6t
— Cricket Videos (@CricketVideos15) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/Jacostio/status/1388187547675684871?s=20
Harpreet Brar to KL Rahul#PBKSvRCB pic.twitter.com/AemIEGYt7b
— ShivRajjjj🚩 (@Unemployedfreek) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/HrshaRoyal/status/1388187849502040064?s=20
https://twitter.com/ItZ_Shubh07/status/1388187875108216832?s=20
https://twitter.com/ItZ_Shubh07/status/1388187875108216832?s=20
This is @PunjabKingsIPL 🔥
Harpreet Brar … Hatsoff man🔥Playoffs race is 🔛#PBKSvRCB #PunjabKings #PBKS #RCB https://t.co/OmyiDYUha1
— Mr.Kollywood (@mrkollywood) April 30, 2021
Mega Stars of Moga – Harmanpreet, Harpreet 🤘
Take a bow #HarpreetBrar … what a performance! 🙌— Chirasree Chakraborty (@Chirasree) April 30, 2021
Scoring 25 runs , taking 3 wickets likes of Virat, Maxwell, ABD and also taking 1catch
Harpreet Brar right now :#BestHomeCommentator @Housing pic.twitter.com/uRzCGD0MEW— Aniket Waghmare (@Aniketw1551) April 30, 2021
Handy runs n 3/19.. Man of the match : Harpreet Brar #PBKS even though Rahul scored big
— Rohan R Shanbhag (@rony619619) April 30, 2021
Young Harpreet Brar had an outstanding day at office as Punjab Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 34 runs to register their third win in this competition. Congrats to Punjab Kings! #RCBvsPBKS@RCBTweets@PunjabKingsIPL@StarSportsIndia@IPL#Mustafa pic.twitter.com/dOIEAHhA9b
— Pritam Mustafa (Sahil) (@ImMustafa27) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/yoursprinxe_/status/1388188110970707969?s=20
Earlier in the innings, Brar scored crucial 25 runs in 17 balls with the bat. He formed a 61-run partnership with Rahul and scored vital runs in the death overs.
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RCB crumbled after this man of the match performance from Brar and lost the game by 34 runs.
