Lowest Totals Defended in IPL: A Look at List of Low Scores Successfully Defended By Teams in Indian Premier League

No side has managed to win a game after scoring less than a hundred in the first innings in the Indian Premier League. As Punjab Kings try to defend a 111 run total vs Kolkata Knights Riders, scroll below to see the lowest totals defended in IPL history.

Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates one of his wickets (Photo credit: X @PunjabKingsIPL)

Lowest Totals Defended in IPL: T20 cricket in general and the Indian Premier League, in particular, has been a batsman's den. In this format, high scores are seen in almost every game. But, the drama begins when it is a low-scoring encounter, like the PBKS vs KKR IPL 2025 match, which encountered the lowest ever score (111) in the league's history to have successfully defended. Teams that put on low totals, something below 140 end up on almost all occasions on the losing side. So far, no side has managed to win a game after scoring less than a hundred in the first innings. However, in only a few instances, scores just above 100 have been successfully defended. 슬롯사이트˜Shreyas Iyer vs KKR슬롯사이트™ Punjab Kings슬롯사이트™ Post Backfires After Their Captain Falls for Two-Ball Duck Against Former Team in PBKS vs KKR IPL 2025 Match.

Recently, the Indian Premier League has been one played in batting friendly wickets. But, this hasn't been the case always. Back in the initial years, there were some memorable matches were lowing scoring encounters were observed which became dramatic with the regular fall of wickets in tricky pitches. Read below to see the top five defendable scores in IPL history.

Lowest Totals Successfully Defended in IPL History:

Winning Team Score Losing Team Year
PBKS 111 KKR 2025
CSK 116 PBKS 2009
SRH 118 MI 2018
PBKS 119 MI 2009
SRH 119 PWI 2013

 

The lowest scores before the PBKS vs KKR match, defended in the IPL was long back in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천2009, when CSK managed to defend a total of 116/9, against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). Before the Punjab-based franchise created history by defending only 111 runs at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, they did have their name in a similar instance from IPL 2009, when they defended 119/8 efficiently슬롯 머신 사이트 추천against Mumbai Indians.

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