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{{Short description|IPL based franchise cricket team in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Punjab Kings
| season = [[2021 Indian Premier League|2021]]
| image =
| coach = [[Anil Kumble]]
| captain = [[KL Rahul]]
| ground = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium]]
| comp1 = [[2021 Indian Premier League|Tournament performance]]
| comp1 result = League stage (6th)
| most runs = [[KL Rahul]] (626)
| most wickets = [[Mohammad Shami]] (19)
| prevseason = [[Kings XI Punjab in 2020|2020]]
| nextseason =[[Punjab Kings in 2022|2022]]
}}

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the [[Indian Premier League]] franchise [[Punjab Kings]]. They were one of the eight teams competed in the [[2021 Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List|url=https://cricket.yahoo.net/news/ipl-2021-auction-vivo-remains-175508420|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 February 2021|website=Yahoo! Cricket}}</ref> After winning only 6 matches out of 14 matches, they finished sixth in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/119345/rampant-kkr-edge-closer-to-playoffs-with-clinical-win-indian-premier-league-2021-ipl-cricket|title=Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win|work=Cricbuzz|access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref>

==Background==
=== Player retention and transfers ===
{{Main|List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes}}
The Punjab Kings retained 16 players and released nine players.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228284/ipl-2021-player-retentions-list|access-date=20 January 2021|date=20 January 2021|publisher=IPLt20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-17 |title=IPL 2022: 3 teams that are dark horses to win this IPL |url=https://betraja.in/ipl-2022-3-teams-that-are-dark-horses-to-win-this-ipl/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

'''Retained Players:''' [[KL Rahul]], [[Arshdeep Singh (cricketer)|Arshdeep Singh]], [[Chris Gayle]], [[Darshan Nalkande]], [[Harpreet Brar]], [[Mandeep Singh]], [[Mayank Agarwal]], [[Mohammad Shami]], [[Murugan Ashwin]], [[Nicholas Pooran]], [[Sarfaraz Khan (cricketer)|Sarfaraz Khan]], [[Deepak Hooda]], [[Ishan Porel]], [[Ravi Bishnoi]], [[Chris Jordan (cricketer)|Chris Jordan]], [[Prabhsimran Singh]], [[Rahul Chahar]]

'''Released Players:''' [[Glenn Maxwell]], [[Sheldon Cottrell]], [[Mujeeb Zadran]], [[Hardus Viljoen]], [[James Neesham]], [[Krishnappa Gowtham]], [[Karun Nair]], [[Jagadeesha Suchith]], [[Tajinder Singh Dhillon]]

'''Added Players:''' [[Dawid Malan]], [[Riley Meredith]], [[Jhye Richardson]], [[Shahrukh Khan (cricketer)|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Jalaj Saxena]], [[Moises Henriques]], [[Utkarsh Singh]], [[Fabian Allen]], [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]]

== Squad ==
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Nationality
! Birth date
! Batting style
! Bowling style
! Year signed
! Salary
! Notes
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batsmen
|-
|16|| '''[[Mayank Agarwal]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|2|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1|c}} || [[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|Vice Captain]]
|-
|18|| '''[[Mandeep Singh]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|12|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.4|c}} ||
|-
|35|| [[Shahrukh Khan (cricketer)|Shahrukh Khan]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1995|5|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.25|c}} ||
|-
|44|| '''[[Aiden Markram]]''' || {{cr|SA}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1994|10|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021|| style="text-align:right;" | {{INRConvert|1.5|c}} || Overseas; Replacement for Dawid Malan
|-
|97|| [[Sarfaraz Khan (cricketer)|Sarfaraz Khan]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1997|10|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|25|l}} ||
|-
|99|| '''[[Dawid Malan]]''' || {{cr|ENG}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1987|9|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.5|c}} || Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
|-
|333|| '''[[Chris Gayle]]''' || {{cr|JAM}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1979|9|21|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c}} || Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
|6|| [[Jalaj Saxena]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1986|12|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|30|l}} ||
|-
|8|| [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1993|5|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || Slow [[left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
|21|| '''[[Moises Henriques]]''' || {{cr|AUS}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1987|2|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4.2|c}} || Overseas
|-
|38|| '''[[Fabian Allen]]''' || {{cr|Jamaica}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1995|5|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Slow [[left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|75|l}} || Overseas
|-
|57|| [[Deepak Hooda]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1995|4|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l}} ||
|-
|95|| [[Harpreet Brar]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1995|9|16|df=y}} || Left-handed|| [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
|1|| '''[[K. L. Rahul]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1992|4|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|11|c|1}} || [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|29|| '''[[Nicholas Pooran]]''' || {{cr|Trinidad}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1995|10|02|df=y}} || Left-handed || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4.2|c}} || Overseas
|-
|84|| [[Prabhsimran Singh]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|2000|8|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|55|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Bowlers
|-
|2|| [[Arshdeep Singh (cricketer)|Arshdeep Singh]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1999|2|5|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
|4|| [[Darshan Nalkande]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1998|10|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|C}} ||
|-
|11|| '''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1990|9|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4.8|c}} ||
|-
|12|| '''[[Riley Meredith]]''' || {{cr|AUS}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1996|6|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|8|c}} || Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
|-
|34|| '''[[Chris Jordan (cricketer)|Chris Jordan]]''' || {{cr|ENG}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1988|10|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|55|| [[Ishan Porel]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1998|9|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
|56|| [[Ravi Bishnoi]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|2000|9|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c}} ||
|-
|60|| '''[[Jhye Richardson]]''' || {{cr|AUS}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1996|9|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|14|c}} || Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
|-
|72|| '''[[Nathan Ellis]]''' || {{cr|AUS}} ||{{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1994|12|22|df=y}}||Right-handed|| Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast medium]]|| style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}}|| Overseas; Replacement for Riley Meredith
|-
|88|| '''[[Adil Rashid]]''' || {{cr|ENG}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1988|03|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"|2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.5|c}} || Overseas; Replacement for Jhye Richardson
|-
|89|| [[Murugan Ashwin]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1990|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center;"| Source:[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/1252194.html PBKS Players]
|}

== Administration and support staff ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Owners|| [[Mohit Burman]], [[Ness Wadia]], [[Priety Zinta]], [[Karan Paul]]
|-
| CEO|| [[Satish Menon]]
|-
| Team manager|| [[Avinash Vaidya]]
|-
| Director of cricket operations and head coach|| [[Anil Kumble]]
|-
| Assistant coaches|| [[Andy Flower]] [[Bharat Arun]]
|-
| Batting coach|| [[Wasim Jaffer]]
|-
| Bowling coach|| [[Damien Wright]]
|-
| Fielding coach || [[Jonty Rhodes]]
|-
| Team physio|| [[Andrew Leipus]]
|-
| Trainer|| Adrian Le Roux
|-
|Team doctor|| Dr Srinand Srinivas
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Source:[https://www.punjabkingsipl.in/players PBKS Staff]
|}

==Kit manufacturers and sponsors==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
|-
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor (Front)
!Shirt sponsor (back)
!Chest Branding
|-
|T10 Sports
|EbixCash
|[[Balkrishna Industries|BKT]]
|Lotus Herbals
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"| Source : [https://www.punjabkingsipl.in/ipl-auction punjabkingsipl.in]
|}

{{col-2}}
|{{Cricket uniform
| pattern_la = _pbks22
| pattern_b =_pbks22
| pattern_ra = _pbks22
| pattern_sh =
| pattern_so =
| leftarm = dc143c
| body = dc143c
| rightarm = dc143c
| pants = dc143c
| title = T20 uniform
}}
{{col-end}}

==Teams and standings==
=== Results by match ===
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
|header=Round
|label2= Result
| res2= W/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/W

|label3= Position
| pos3= 3/7/7/8/5/6/5/6/7/5/6/5/5/5

| color_NR = yellow2|text_NR= No Result
| color_W = green2|text_W=Win
| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss
| color_1-2=green1| color_3-4=#ffc
| source = Fixtures
}}

{{2021 Indian Premier League Points table|showteam=PBKS}}

==League stage==
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228478/bcci-announces-schedule-for-vivo-ipl-2021|title=IPL schedule|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>
{{main|2021 Indian Premier League #League stage}}

=== Matches ===
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match4}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match8}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match11}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match14}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match17}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match21}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match26}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match29}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match37}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match42}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match45}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match48}}
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{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match53}}

==Statistics==
=== Most runs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Match
! Inns
! NO
! Runs
! HS
! Ave.
! BF
! SR
! 100s
! 50s
! 0
! 4s
! 6s
|-
| 1 ||[[KL Rahul]] || 13 || 13 || 2
! 626
|| 98[[Not out|*]] || 62.60 || 276 || 178.34 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 48 || 30
|-
| 2 ||[[Mayank Agarwal]] || 12 || 12 || 1
! 441
|| 99[[Not out|*]] || 40.09|| 227 || 140.44|| 0 || 4 || 1 || 42|| 18
|-
| 3 ||[[Chris Gayle]] || 8 || 8 || 1
! 178
|| 46 || 25.42 || 133 || 133.83 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 8
|-
| 4 ||[[Deepak Hooda]] || 9 || 8 || 1
! 116
|| 64 || 16.57 || 83 || 139.75 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 8
|-
| 5 ||[[Shahrukh Khan (cricketer)|Shahrukh Khan]] || 8 || 7 || 2
! 107
|| 47 || 21.40 || 84 || 127.38 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 6
|-
| 6 ||[[Nicholas Pooran]] || 8 || 7 || 0
! 60
|| 32 || 8.57 || 55 || 109.09 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3
|-
|}
* '''Source: ESPNcricinfo'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2021;team=4342;type=year|access-date=24 September 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|- 56
! No.
! Name
! Match
! Inns
! Overs
! Runs
! Maidens
! Wickets
! BBI
! Ave.
! Econ.
! SR
! 4W
! 5W
|-
| 1 || [[Mohammad Shami]] || 14 || 14 || 22.2 || 0 || 182
! 19
|| 5/32 || 15.16 || 8.14 || 11.16 || 0 || 1
|-
| 2 || [[Arshdeep Singh (cricketer)|Arshdeep Singh]] || 9 || 9 || 32.4 || 0 || 255
! 18
|| 3/21 || 23.18 || 7.80 || 17.81 || 0 || 0
|-
| 3 || [[Harpreet Brar]] || 3 || 3 || 10.0 || 1 || 55
! 5
|| 3/19 || 24.2 || 5.50 || 12.0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 4 || [[Ravi Bishnoi]] || 4 || 4 || 16.0 || 0 || 99
! 4
|| 2/17 || 24.75 || 6.18 || 24.0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 5 || [[Riley Meredith]] || 5 || 5 || 17.0 || 0 || 169
! 4
|| 1/29 || 42.25 || 9.94 || 25.5 || 0 || 0
|-
| 6 || [[Jhye Richardson]] || 3 || 3 || 11.0 || 0 || 117
! 3
|| 2/41 || 39.00 || 10.63 || 22.0 || 0 || 0
|-
|}
* '''Source: ESPNcricinfo'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2021;team=4342;type=year|access-date=24 September 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

== Player of the match awards ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! Date
! Player
! Opponent
! Result
! Contribution
! Ref.
|-
| 1 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=23|format=dmy}} ||[[KL Rahul]] || [[Mumbai Indians]] || Won by 9 wickets || 60[[Not out|*]] (52)||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/punjab-kings-vs-mumbai-indians-17th-match-1254074/match-report|access-date=23 April 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=30|format=dmy}} ||[[Harpreet Brar]] || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] ||Won by 34 runs || 25[[Not out|*]] (17) and 3/19 (4 overs)||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/punjab-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-26th-match-1254083/match-report|access-date=30 April 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || {{dts|1=2021|2=5|3=2|format=dmy}} ||[[Mayank Agarwal]] || [[Delhi Capitals]]
| Lost by 7 wickets || 99[[Not out|*]] (58) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/punjab-kings-vs-delhi-capitals-29th-match-1254086/match-report|access-date=2 May 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=1|format=dmy}} ||[[KL Rahul]] || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| Won by 5 wickets || 67 (55) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-punjab-kings-45th-match-1254102/match-report |access-date=2 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=7|format=dmy}} ||[[KL Rahul]] || [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| Won by 6 wickets || 98[[not out|*]] (42) and 2 catches ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=KL Rahul smashes six-studded 98* to keep Punjab Kings' dreams alive (just about) |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/chennai-super-kings-vs-punjab-kings-53rd-match-1254094/match-report |access-date=8 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{2021 Indian Premier League}}
{{Punjab Kings}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Punjab Kings in 2021}}
[[Category:Punjab Kings seasons|2021]]
[[Category:2021 Indian Premier League]]

2021 Punjab Kings season - Revision history

SanjayMurugesan2221 at 20:03, 8 June 2025