Punjab Kings batsmen achieved the target of 262 runs in 18.4 overs with 24 sixes.

IPL 2024 PBKS vs KKR: Punjab Kings created history on Friday by achieving the biggest target (262 runs) in T20 history in IPL 2024. In the 42nd match of the season, against Kolkata, the team created a world record by chasing the target of 262 runs for 2 wickets in 18.3 overs. Punjab defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight wickets. Kolkata scored 261 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs at the Eden Gardens Stadium on Friday.

On a humid evening, it was raining sixes and fours at Eden Gardens. Punjab Kings batsmen achieved the target of 262 runs in 18.4 overs with 24 sixes. Bairstow scored a brilliant century on 48 balls (108 not out) and got full support from Shashank Singh (68 not out in 28 balls). Prabhsimran Singh scored 54 runs in just 20 balls.

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Jonny Bairstow was the best player of the match. He played an unbeaten century of 108 runs in 48 balls. He hit 8 fours and 9 sixes. The highest score in this league was 224 runs, which Rajasthan scored against Kolkata in the same season.

– Interesting facts related to the match

More than 250 runs were scored for the 7th time in the season.
The record of the biggest run chase has been broken for the second time in the season.
Punjab has scored more than 200 runs 28 times in IPL.

For Kolkata, Phil Salt scored 75 runs and Sunil Narine scored a half-century of 71 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for Punjab. Captain Sam Curran and Rahul Chahar got one wicket each.

While chasing the runs, Prabhsimran Singh also contributed 54 runs in 20 balls. While Jonny Bairstow played an unbeaten inning of 108 runs in 48 balls. Along with this, Shashank Singh played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs with the help of 8 sixes in 28 balls. Sunil Narine took the only wicket for Kolkata.

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