IPL 2024 KKR vs PBKS Match Highlights Jonny Bairstow century Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Punjab Kings by 8 wickets at Eden Gardens

Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: Whoever writes the script of IPL (IPL 2024) has a responsibility to understand.

This is your team favorite, so zero in the next moment. This may be the bottom of the points table, the next moment will shatter the confidence of the team that is at the top of the group.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH vs RCB) suffered a major shock on Thursday after losing to the last boy Royal Challengers Bangalore in the points table. Another incident happened within 24 hours. Punjab Kings (KKR vs PBKS) lost by 8 wickets chasing record runs against Kolkata Knight Riders who are second in the points table. 9 out of 10 teams in the points table. Eden Gallery (Eden Gallery) is amazed. The talk started, did KKR cut off the foot of the rotten snail?

Team owner Shah Rukh Khan appeared in the VVIP box. Sunil Narine and Phil Salt’s rampage with the bat. Narine scored 71 off 32 balls and Salt scored 75 off 37 balls. One record after another in the first half. Highest run opening pair at Eden. KKR has the most runs at home in the history of IPL. After reaching a peak of 261/6 in 20 overs, the Knights’ score looked insurmountable.

Who knew then that nothing is impossible in T20 cricket these days. Counter-record of record. Hit for hit. Preity Zinta’s cricketers brought darkness to the night camp with the mantra of aggressive cricket.

It was started by Prabhasimran Singh. As an impact player, he scored 54 runs off 20 balls and set the ringtone for the Punjab innings. Jonny Bairstow stands on that foundation. Shashank Singh also accompanied. Shashank remained unbeaten on 68 runs off 28 balls.

Bairstow, who was in ugly form till Friday, scored 96 runs in 6 matches. Maximum? 42. His runs in six innings were 9, 8, 42, 22, 0 and 15 respectively. Bairstow opted to get back into rhythm with a bowling attack considered one of the best in the tournament. He scored a 45-ball century and destroyed the bowling of the Knights. Punjab’s target with 8 balls to spare. This is the highest run chase win in the history of T20 cricket, let alone in the IPL. A total of 42 sixes were hit in two innings in the match. That is also a record in the history of T20 cricket.

Apart from Narine, the rest of KKR’s bowlers are a poor picture. Narine took one wicket with 24 runs in 4 overs. The remaining 6 bowlers gave 236 runs in 14.4 overs. He spent 16.09 runs per over. Even after this loss, KKR remained on both the points table due to good run rate. Monday match against Delhi Capitals in this Eden. Mentor Gautam Gambhir’s challenge is to clean the house before that.

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