The cricket world was in shock as Punjab Kings set a brand new world document on Friday. Led by Jonny Bairstow’s unbelievable hundred, Punjab Kings set a brand new world document for the best run chase within the historical past of T20 cricket as they overhauled the 262-run goal set by Kolkata Knight Riders with eight wickets to spare within the IPL on Friday. PBKS bettered South Africa’s 259/four towards West Indies in March final yr. In the IPL, Rajasthan Royals held the earlier document for chasing down 224 towards KKR at Eden Gardens not too long ago, equalling the document they’d set towards then Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah.
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262 – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata, IPL 2024
259 – South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023
253 – Middlesex vs Surrey, The Oval, T20 Blast 2023
244 – Australia vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2018
243 – Bulgaria vs Serbia, Sofia, 2022
243 – Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi, Rawalpindi, PSL 2023
:Obscene batting,” commented Kevin Pietersen,
Obscene batting
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) April 26, 2024
Talking about the match, sent into bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261/6 but PBKS completed the chase with eight balls to spare.
KKR rode on a 138-run partnership between openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls).
The batters that followed the openers then consolidated the home team’s position and took them to an imposing total.
In reply, PBKS too were off to a great start and scored 93 runs for the loss of Prabhsimran Singh’s wicket in the powerplay.
Prabhsimran blazed away to a 20-ball 54 before getting run out. Bairstow continued his brutal onslaught to help PBKS pull off a stunning win. Bairstow (108 off 48 balls) was well-supported by the in-from Shashank Singh who smashed 68 in only 28 balls.
Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders: 261/6 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 75, Sunil Narine 71).
Punjab Kings: 262/2 in 18.4 overs (Jonny Bairstow 108, Prabhsimran Singh 54, Shashank Singh 68).
With PTI inputs
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