The cricket world was in shock when Punjab Kings created a new world record on Friday. Led by Jonny Bairstow’s incredible century, Punjab Kings set a new world record for the highest run chase in the history of T20 cricket as they chased down the target of 262 runs set by Kolkata Knight Riders with eight wickets to spare in the IPL on Friday. have done. PBKS had bettered South Africa’s 259/4 against West Indies in March last year. In the IPL, Rajasthan Royals recently held the previous record of chasing 224 against KKR at the Eden Gardens, equaling the record set against the then Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in Sharjah in 2020. Did it.
Highest target successfully chased in men’s T20 cricket
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,” Kevin Pietersen commented,
obscene batting
– Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) 26 April 2024
Talking about the match, Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat, scored 261/6 runs but PBKS completed the chase with eight balls remaining.
KKR made a 138-run partnership between openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls).
After this, the batsmen who came after the openers strengthened the position of the home team and took them to a huge score.
In reply, PBKS also got off to a great start and scored 93 runs for the loss of the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh in the powerplay.
Prabhasimran played an innings of 54 runs in 20 balls before being run out. Bairstow continued his brutal onslaught to help PBKS seal a stunning win. Bairstow (108 runs in 48 balls) was well supported by Shashank Singh, who scored 68 runs in just 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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