Punjab Kings registered a record-breaking run chase towards the Kolkata Knight Riders after pulverizing a 262-run whole with eight balls to spare on the Eden Gardens on Friday. The chase was anchored by Jonny Bairstow who scored a match-winning ton to propel his staff to victory together with kids Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh.
Overwhelmed by the staff's win, PBKS took to Salman Khan which matches again to 2014 when the staff (then known as KXIP) had misplaced to kkr within the first Qualifier of the league. The actor was asking the staff's co-owner Preity Zinta if her staff had gained the match as he wrote, “Zinta's staff gained kya?”
After practically 10 years, because the staff prevailed over KKR in a dominating run chase, PBKS reposted Salman's tweet by writing, “Match bhi jeete aur dil bhi! (Gained the match and hearts too)”
The Kings got a mammoth 262-run whole by KKR who managed to notch their second 250+ whole of the event with a gap 130-run partnership by Sunil Narine and Phil Salt. Nonetheless, the 2014 runner-ups backlashed with Prabhsimran Singh (54 runs off simply 20 deliveries) and Jonny Bairstow unleashing their carnage within the powerplay. As the previous went again to the pavilion, the Englishman saved the chase working and scored an electrifying 108 runs off simply 48 balls which included 9 sixes and eight fours. Bairstow then joined palms with teen Shashank Singh (68 off 28 balls) who added the ending touches to shut the match earlier than the tip of the 19th over.
The match additionally witnessed a jaw-dropping 42 sixes being hit throughout each the innings which was the very best in a T20 match. Moreover, a complete of 523 runs have been scored by each groups mixed. Not solely did Punjab Kings chase the very best whole within the historical past of the season, they did so with eight wickets in hand at KKR's dwelling turf.
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