Who won yesterday IPL match? Sam Curran-led Punjab Kings finally ended their losing streak as they clinched a stunning win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Tata IPL Match 42 at Eden Gardens on Friday. The visitors defeated the home side by 8 wickets as they successfully chased down the target of 262 in 20 overs. This is the new world record in the history of T20 cricket. Before this, the highest successful chase in T20 cricket was achieved by South Africa as they chased down the target of 259 runs vs West Indies in a 2023 game at Centurion.
The top highlight of this match was the brutal batting by both sides. Sample this – Record 144 runs were scored by both teams in the form of sixes only! Eden Gardens saw the likes of Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Jonny Bairstow, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimaran Singh smashing 42 sixes in the match! Bairstow scored his second IPL century and kept the pressure off the visitors. And amid all this crazy chaos, Shashank Singh – the wrong buy of Punjab Kings during IPL 2024 – slammed 68 off just 32 deliveries.
For Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunil Narine continued to impress both with the bat and the ball. First, I hit 71 runs. And then he got 4-0-24-1 when it came for KKR’s bowling.
As far as the IPL Points Table is concerned, here’s the complete rankings. Rajasthan Royals continue to rule the IPL charts with KKR at second number followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
