Full List Of Lowest Scores Defended In IPL After Punjab Kings Win vs KKR Despite Scoring 111

The Punjab Kings entered history on Tuesday as the team led by Shreyas Iyer successfully defended a 111 low score against Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 2025 match in Mullanpur. To put things in perspective, it is the lowest total defended by any IPL team in the history of the tournament that started in 2008. When PBKS was all released for 111, all the word was the speed with which KKR would reach the target. But halfway in the sleeves, the tables turned while Yuzvendra Chahal picked up a transport with four titles. Before that, the lowest total ever defended in IPL was 116/9 by Chennai Super Kings in the 2009 edition.
The lowest totals defended in IPL
111 – PBKS vs KKR, Mullanpur, 2025
116/9 – CSK VS PBKS, Durban, 2009
118 – SRH vs Mi, Mumbai WS, 2018
119/8 – PBKS vs Mi, Durban, 2009
119/8 – SRH vs Pwi, Pune, 2013
* Excludes the games affected by the rain
Yuzvendra Chahal conducted an amazing return for the kings of Punjab with brilliant figures of 4/28 while the hosts beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 points in an Indian Thriller of Premier League with low score here on Tuesday. After having restricted PBKS for 111 inside 16 Overs, KKR seemed ready for a comfortable victory reaching 60 for two in seven overs.
Chahal then crossed the KKR intermediate order to give the Punjab an unlikely but exciting victory while KKR had all released for 95 in 15.1 Overs.
Earlier, Punjab Kings collapsed from 39 for no loss at 111 all in 15.3 Overs, Rana Rana taking 3/25 while Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine claiming two counters each.
Priyansh Arya (22) and Prabhsimran Singh (30) fired at the top, but the hosts suffered a collapse to be released for 111 for the second lowest score among all the teams this season.
In short, scores: Punjab Kings 111 in 15.3 Overs in 20 Overs (Prabhsimran Singh 30; Harshit Rana 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/21, Sunil Narine won 2/14) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 95 in 15.1 Overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37; Marco Jansen 3/17, Agkrish Singh 1/11, Marco Jansen 3/17 Yuzvendra Chahal 4/28) by 16 points.
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