IPL2024: Punjab team scored 262 runs from 2 wickets in 18.4 overs. Punjab won by 8 wickets.
In today’s match Kolkata team and Punjab team clashed. The Punjab team won the toss and elected to bowl first. Accordingly, the Kolkata team who fielded first lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and scored 261 runs.
In this, openers Philip Salt 75 runs, Sunil Narine 71 runs, Venkatesh Iyer 39 runs, Russell 24 runs and Shreyas Iyer 28 runs scored the highest. In the Punjab team, Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets, Sam Karan, Harshal Patel and Rahul Chahar took 1 wicket each.
Both Prabsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow entered the field with a target of 162 runs. From the start of the game, both the openers were in action. In it, Prabsimran Singh played aggressively and scored an 18-ball fifty. 24 runs were scored in the last over of the power play alone.
Prabsimran Singh was run out on 54 balls while trying to score runs in the last ball of that over. As a result, the Punjab team lost one wicket at the end of the power play and accumulated 93 runs. Next Riley Roseau pitched. Opener Jonny Bairstow rained sixes in the next over.
Due to this the number of the team increased. However Riley Rossow lost his wicket after scoring 26 runs in the 13th over. Shashank Singh who came in next hit 2 consecutive sixes in the 14th over. Jonny Bairstow played well and scored a century off 45 balls. At the same time, Shashank Singh on the other hand showed action.
Finally Punjab team scored 262 runs from 2 wickets in 18.4 overs. Punjab won by 8 wickets. Unbeaten till the end of the field Shashank Singh scored 68* and Jonny Bairstow scored 108*. A total of 42 sixes were hit in this match alone.
Punjab has set a record in T20I by chasing 262 runs. The 259-run chase between South Africa and West Indies in the last T20 match in 2023 was a historic record. Now the Punjab team has broken it.
Punjab team has played 9 matches so far. Out of which 3 matches have been won and 6 matches have been lost. At the same time Kolkata team has played 8 matches so far and won 5 matches and lost 3 matches.
