KKR vs PBKS
KKR vs PBKS: Punjab Kings registered a sensational victory in the IPL 2024 season. They showed their strength in a must-win match to stay in the play-offs race. They performed well in Friday’s match against Kolkata Kings Riders.
Thus, Punjab Kings became the team that scored the highest number of runs in the history of IPL.
Batting first in this match, KKR scored 261 runs for 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Phil Salt 975 off 37 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes) burst in with half-centuries. Venkatesh Iyer (39 off 23 balls with 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Shreyas Iyer (28 off 10 balls with 4 four and 3 sixes) shone.
Among the bowlers of Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh took two wickets. Sam Karan, Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel each took a wicket. After that, Punjab Kings, who came down to the target, scored 262 runs for 2 wickets in 18.4 overs and won. Johnny Bairstow (8 fours in 48 balls, 108 not out with 9 sixes) broke out with an unbeaten century… Prabhsimran Singh (4 fours in 20 balls, 54 with 5 sixes) and Shashank Singh (2 fours in 28 balls, 68 not out with 8 sixes) showed power with half centuries. Among the KKR bowlers, Sunil Narine was the only one who took a wicket.
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An Exciting Start…
Openers Prabhusimran Singh and Johnny Bairstow gave Punjab kings a huge start with a huge target of 262 runs. Both played aggressively from the start and ran up the scoreboard. Prabhusimran Singh, who broke out with destructive batting, completed his half century in 18 balls.
Playing aggressively, he was run out by Sunil Narine’s super throw. With that, Punjab Kings scored 93 runs for the loss of a wicket in the power play. Jonny Bairstow burst into action with Rilee Rossouw (26) coming into the crease. He completed his half century in 23 balls and the sky was the limit. Sunil Narine broke up this which became dangerous at the crease.
Johnny Bair Stow Century….
Rilee Rossouw (26off 16 fours, 2 sixes) was caught out by Pavilion. That ended the partnership of 81 runs recorded for the second wicket. With the help of Shashank Singh who came to the crease, Johnny Bairstow completed his century in 23 balls. With that, 9 runs were lost in 12 balls for Punjab’s victory. Shashank Singh completes the winning six in the 19th over bowled by Ramandeep Singh.