Sports Top 10: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings played at the Eden Gardens ground, Punjab Kings won the match by 8 wickets. In this match, KKR team batted first and scored 261 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, after which Punjab Kings team achieved this target in 18.4 overs at the loss of only 2 wickets in T20 cricket. Also worked to break many big records. In this match, the victory of Punjab was witnessed by the amazing bat of Jonny Bairstow, who completed his century in just 45 balls and returned after playing an unbeaten inning of 108 runs to give victory to the team.
Punjab Kings gave a one-sided defeat to KKR by 8 wickets
In the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens Stadium, a brilliant batting performance was seen from the Punjab Kings team. In this match, KKR team, batting first, scored 261 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Phil Salt’s 75 runs and Sunil Narayan’s 71 runs. Punjab Kings, who came to chase this target, also saw a brilliant batting performance in which the opening pair of Prabhasimran and Bairstow took the score to 93 runs in the first 6 overs. After this, while Bairstow held one end, he got the support of Shashank Singh from the other end and together they led their team to victory in just 18.4 overs. While Bairstow scored 108 runs, Shashank played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs in 28 balls.
Shreyas Iyer called this defeat a lesson for the team
After the defeat in the match against Punjab Kings, KKR team captain Shreyas Iyer said that the way the batsmen played in this match was worth watching. Phil Salt batted excellently. A great game was seen from both the teams in this match. This is one of those matches where you go back in the dressing room and see where you went wrong, that too you were not able to defend the score of 260 runs. This defeat is also a good lesson for our team.
Pair of Narayan and Salt made a record for KKR
The opening pair of Sunil Narine and Phil Salt has created the record of second highest partnership in IPL for KKR by breaking the record of Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa’s partnership of 121 runs. The 184-run partnership between Gambhir and Chris Lynn is still the biggest partnership for KKR. At the same time, the partnership of 138 runs between Narayan and Salt has also become the biggest opening partnership of IPL 2024.
Punjab Kings made the biggest successful run chase in T20 cricket history
KKR team had given a target of 262 runs to Punjab Kings in the match, which Punjab team achieved and created a new record for the biggest successful run chase in the history of men’s T20 cricket. Earlier in the year 2023, the South African team had successfully chased the target of 259 runs while playing the match against West Indies at Centurion ground.
For the first time in T20 cricket, 42 sixes were hit in a match.
A total of 42 sixes were hit in the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, which is the record for the highest number of sixes hit in a single men’s T20 match so far in T20 cricket. Earlier in IPL 2024 itself, a total of 38 sixes were hit during the match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. In this match, while KKR team hit a total of 18 sixes, Punjab Kings team hit 24 sixes in this match.
Mitchell Starc could not play the match against Punjab due to injury
Mitchell Starc has not been able to perform anything special in IPL 2024. He had to be ruled out before the match against Punjab Kings. Actually, Mitchell Starc was injured during the match played against Royal Challengers Bangalore. His thumb was injured. Due to which he has been given rest in this match. Mitchell Starc has taken only 6 wickets while playing in 7 matches this season. His average was 47.83 and economy was 11.48.
Jonny Bairstow scored the 10th fastest century in IPL history
In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings team’s opening batsman Jonny Bairstow scored a century in just 45 balls. With this, Bairstow has now become the 10th player in IPL history to score a century in the fewest number of balls. The first number in this list is Chris Gayle, who scored a century in just 30 balls in the 2013 season.
ICC makes Yuvraj Singh the brand ambassador of T20 World Cup
ICC has announced the appointment of former Indian team player Yuvraj Singh as the brand ambassador for the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by West Indies and America from June 1. Apart from Yuvraj Singh, ICC has also appointed Chris Gayle and Usain Bolt as brand ambassadors for this mega tournament.
Mumbai Indians will challenge Delhi Capitals at home.
The 43rd match of IPL 2024 will see a clash between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. This match between the two teams will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This match is considered very important for Delhi and Mumbai to keep alive their hopes of reaching the playoffs. Delhi has won 4 out of 9 matches so far, while Mumbai team has won 3 out of 8 matches.
There will be a clash between Lucknow and Rajasthan in Ekana
The 44th match of the IPL 2024 season between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals will be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Lucknow team had registered a spectacular victory against Chennai Super Kings in their last match. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals have also seen excellent performance so far this season. While Rajasthan is currently at first position in the points table, Lucknow team is at fourth position with 10 points.
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