KKR vs PBKS: The match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings team won this match by 8 wickets. Jonny Bairstow contributed the most to Punjab’s victory. Due to his excellent batting, Punjab Kings team could complete this run chase. In this, Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh supported him in a very powerful manner. Let us tell you that this is also the biggest run chase of T20 cricket. Before this, no team has chased such a big target in T20 cricket. Till now this record was in the name of South Africa. He chased the target of 259 runs against West Indies in March 2023.
Biggest run chase in T20 cricket
- 262 runs – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
- 259 runs – South Africa vs West Indies
- 254 runs – Middlesex vs Surrey
- 246 runs – Bulgaria vs Serbia
- 245 runs – Australia vs New Zealand
How was the match?
Talking about the match played between the two teams, in this match Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, Kolkata Knight Riders, batting first, scored 261 runs losing 6 wickets. During this, KKR openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt played brilliant innings and both scored 138 runs for the first wicket. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Shreyas Iyer also batted very fast. For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh took two wickets and Sam Curran, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar took one wicket each.
These players were the heroes of the match
Punjab Kings now faced a very difficult target of 262 runs given by KKR. The team had to chase this target in only 120 balls and they chased this target with 8 balls to spare. Punjab Kings batsmen maintained their dominance in the match right from the beginning. He did not give a single chance to KKR bowlers from the first over.
Team’s openers Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow added 93 runs for the first wicket. He scored 76 runs during the powerplay. Prabhsimran Singh was out after scoring 54 runs in this match. After this Riley Rousseau came to bat, but he scored only 26 runs. However, Bairstow was still scoring runs at a fast pace from one end. Bairstow then got the support of Shashank Singh and both of them batted till the end and gave their team a historic victory. The role of Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow and Shashank Singh was most important in the victory in this match. These three players were the heroes of this match.
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