Watch: IPL 2026: Finn Allen’s bizarre shot creates chaos in KKR vs PBKS clash

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) began the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 with two successive defeats against the Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Sunrisers Hyderabad, both at home and away. They found themselves in the penultimate position in the points table and will need to lift themselves. 

Kolkata, surprisingly, won the toss and decided to bat first on a surface that was under cover for a long time. The swing and seam movement was expected to create issues for the batters as the pacers would always love the situation and environment.

Finn Allen’s unusual shot leaves fielders and fans stunned

On the second ball of the second over against Xavier Bartlett, KKR’s opening batter, Finn Allen, tried to play an extraordinary shot as he moved a long way across to scoop the short length delivery from the Australian pacer and missed it.

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The ball hit his body before being floated to the wicket-keeper. Allen thought that he could perhaps get off for a single at that point, as Ajinkya Rahane, the non-striker, had started to run on the surface. But they did not know Punjab’s wicket-keeper charging up at Allen with the ball.

Prabhsimran Singh ran forward and had a shy at the stumps. Funnily, he hit the ball at the bowler, who got in the way of the throw and hit him.

KKR momentarily thrown off as PBKS capitalize on confusion

That was the moment when KKR lost their momentum as Punjab was able to capitalize on the confusing moment for the home side. The very next ball beat Allen’s outside edge before Bartlett got the outside edge on the fourth delivery of the over as the Kiwi batter tried to loft the fullish ball through the line.

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Cameron Green got an outside edge on his first delivery as he pushed his bat and got away with the thick edge for a boundary in a streaky fashion.

Brief Scores (at the time of writing)- KKR 25/2 (A Rahane 8*, Xavier Bartlett 2/9) vs PBKS

Fans react to hilarious moment going viral online

Here is how the fans have reacted to the hilarious moment of Allen’s shot that went viral on social media-