The 42nd match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) saw many big records being broken. The match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens Stadium saw the biggest successful run chase in IPL history so far. Batting first in this match, KKR team scored 261 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, at that time no one thought that Punjab Kings team would easily achieve this target. On the basis of Jonny Bairstow’s inning of 108 runs and Shashank Singh’s inning of 68 runs, Punjab achieved this in 18.4 overs at the loss of just 2 wickets. After the defeat in this match, the captain of KKR team praised the performance of both the teams and said that after this defeat, we will have to come on the field with a better strategy.
I’d rather take a score of 260 any day
Shreyas Iyer said after the defeat against Punjab Kings team that I would like to take any score of 260 runs. The way the batsmen played was worth watching. The way Phil Salt played was excellent. Excellent play was seen from both the teams in this match. This is one of those matches where you go back to the dressing room and see where you went wrong, that too you were not able to defend the score of 260 runs. Now we have to make a strategy considering the situation and come on the field with better thinking. Sunil Narayan has shown great performance with the bat and I hope he continues to perform like this.
Punjab Kings chased the biggest target in the history of men’s T20.
Punjab Kings team has made the biggest successful run chase in men’s T20 history, in which earlier this record was recorded in the match played between South Africa and West Indies at Centurion ground in the year 2023 in which the African team set the target of 259 runs. Had chased. A total of 42 sixes were hit during the match between KKR and Punjab Kings, which is also a record for the highest number of sixes hit in a single match in the history of T20 cricket. Earlier in the same season of IPL, a total of 38 sixes were hit in the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.
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