IPL 2024: Punjab Kings Defeats Kolkata Knight Riders In T20 Historic Chase

On 26 April 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings had a tough face off against each other. The match took place in Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. The match was full of entertainment as sixes were constant in the innings of both KKR and PBKS. This match also created history in T20 Men’s Cricket by creating the highest run chase ever.

Toss was won by stand-in captain of Punjab Kings Sam Curran and he chose to field first against KKR.

Highlights of the Match

On Friday at Eden Garden Punjab Kings marked another milestone in the history of IPL by chasing the highest 261 runs in a tough competition against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Jonny Bairstow marked his century in this match which led to a grand victory of Kolkata Knight Riders. Other batsmen including Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh also played a significant role which led to the winning of Punjab Kings over Kolkata Knight Riders. Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders is second on the IPL point table with 10 points right behind Rajasthan Royal who is on the top of the points table with 14 points.

Playing Eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunil Narine, Philip Salt,Venkatesh Iyer,Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Dushmantha Chameera,Harshit Rana,Angrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(C), Ramandeep Singh and Varun Chakroborty.

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Playing Eleven of Punjab Kings

Sam Curran(c),Shashank Singh,Jonny Bairstow,Jitesh Sharma,Ashutosh Sharma,Rilee Rossouw,Harpreet Brar,Kagiso Rapada,Harshal Patel,Arshdeep Singh and Rahul Chahar.

Top Players of the Match

Batsmen (KKR)

TeamPlayerRuns
Kolkata Knight RidersPhil Salt75
Kolkata Knight RidersSunil Narine71
Kolkata Knight RidersVenkatesh Iyer39
Kolkata Knight RidersShreyas Iyer28

Bowlers (KKR)

TeamPlayerOversWicketsRuns
Kolkata Knight RidersSunil Narine4124

Batsmen (PBKS)

TeamPlayerRuns
Punjab KingsPrabhsimran Singh54
Punjab KingsJonny Bairstow108
Punjab KingsShashank Singh68

Bowlers (PBKS)

TeamPlayerOversWicketsRuns
Punjab KingsArshdeep Singh4245
Punjab KingsSam Curran4160
Punjab KingsHarshal Patel3148
Punjab KingsRahul Chahr4133
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