Who won yesterday’s IPL match? Top highlights of last night’s PBKS vs KKR match
- Find out who won the IPL match between KKR and PBKS yesterday, along with the best moments. Keep yourself informed about the exciting moments that characterised the fierce match on the cricket pitch.
Which IPL team prevailed yesterday? In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Punjab Kings (PBKS) squared off at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on April 26. Sam Curran, the acting captain for PBKS, won the toss and decided to field against KKR.
Men’s T20 cricket history was altered by the once-in-a-blue-moon chase that resulted from the PBKS vs. KKR encounter. Throughout the game, both PBKS and KKR consistently featured sixes. There were 523 runs scored in the game, including 42 IPL record sixes.
Sunil Narine and Phil Salt of KKR displayed a strong opening combination during the game, setting the tone as the side scored an overwhelming 261 for six. Narine scored 71 runs off 32 balls with nine fours and four sixes. Narine scored more than fifty runs for the third time this season; her other two scores were 85 against the Delhi Capitals and 109 against the Rajasthan Royals. Narine is now in second place in the competition for the ‘Orange Cap’ for top run scorers thanks to his performance in yesterday’s game. With eight matches under his belt, he has amassed 357 runs, only 73 runs behind Virat Kohli’s 430 runs.
However, Salt was playing at his most explosive level as he amassed his third fifty of the year in a 37-ball 75. He tallied six fours and six sixes. Other players who scored 39, 24, 28, 5, and 6 respectively, were Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, and Ramandeep Singh.
With Jonny Bairstow’s incredible century leading the batting attack for PBKS, the team set a new record for the most successful run chase in T20 cricket history. KKR’s aim of 262 runs was chased down by them with eight wickets remaining.
The batsmen for Punjab King poured sixes, and in only 18.4 overs, 24 of those sixes were overtaken. With just one less than Bairstow’s nine sixes, Shashank Singh hit eight. Shashank Singh’s 68 not out off 28 balls and the diminutive Prabhsimran Singh’s potent 54 off just 20 balls provided strong assistance for Bairstow’s undefeated 108 off 48 balls.
In their match on Thursday at Eden Gardena Stadium against the Punjab Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders amassed an enormous 261 runs. KKR batsmen Sunil Narine and Phil Salt struck some remarkable blows during the match, giving the side a tremendous start. Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, and captain Shreyas Iyer then followed with some rapid fire strikes.
As he came to bat later in the game, captain Shreyas Iyer displayed excellent technique, striking the PBKS bowlers for many runs around the pitch. Iyer hit 280 at a strike rate of 28 runs from the 10 balls he faced before being ultimately removed by Arshdeep Singh of PBKS.
At the storied Eden Garden stadium on Friday, the Punjab Kings upset the Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in a high-scoring match that was led by Shashank Singh and Jonny Bairstow. Along with breaking the 261-run milestone with eight balls remaining, PBKS also set a new record for the most successful run chase in T20 history. The match between KKR and PBKS will undoubtedly be remembered as a warning to other teams that a 250-plus score is no longer a safe objective in the competition. 42 sixes were hit in the game, and all four openers scored more than 50 runs. Veteran off-spinner and Rajasthan Royals bowler R Ashwin issued a “SOS” alarm, pleading for someone to “save the bowlers,” after witnessing both teams battering their bowlers. Sam Curran, the interim captain of the Punjab Kings, praised Shashank Singh’s effort during the April 26 IPL game between PBKS and KKR at Eden Gardens. Curran remarked, “Shashank, wow, he was promoted to No. 4 and he’s been our find of the season,” during the post-match presentation. “Even though this was a significant victory for Kolkata, we must cherish the little victories.”
Shashank was commended by Jonny Bairstow, who was named the Player of the Match, for the way he has been batting both this season and in this particular game. “Shashank, a great guy and unique player, has excelled throughout the season. It’s astonishing that someone like him could enter and do that. “I give him full credit for the way he came out and hit it cleanly. His knowledge is impressive, and he’s not young either,” Bairstow remarked.
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