Punjab Kings broke South Africa’s report of 259/four in opposition to West Indies in March final 12 months.
Within the IPL, the earlier report was held by Rajasthan Royals, who chased down 224 in opposition to KKR at Eden Gardens lately, matching the report they set in opposition to Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah.
After being despatched in to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261/6, however Punjab Kings chased down the goal with eight balls to spare.
Participant of the Match Bairstow stated his purpose was to whack the ball so far as attainable.
“We bought off to a great begin and that was key. They bought a flier themselves due to Sunil so we knew we needed to go ballistic within the powerplay,” Bairstow stated.
“If you’ve to chase 200-plus you have to take dangers within the powerplay. (How one can strategy such a chase?) Attempt to whack it as laborious as attainable (laughs). It was a case of if it is in your space you go after it. We wished to lose as few wickets as attainable.
Bairstow additionally praised Shashank for the way by which has been batting this season and on this match.
“Shashank has achieved all of it season, a beautiful man and particular participant. To have somebody like him coming in and do that’s unbelievable. His data, he is not younger both, he is good and calm, full credit score to him the best way he got here out and hit it cleanly.”
