KKR vs PBKS: "Cricket is popping into baseball" - Sam Curran after Punjab Kings chase down 262

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Below the management of stand-in captain Sam Curran, Punjab Kings took at the Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the forty second fit of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) on Friday, April 26, on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Opting to bowl first within the fit, Punjab Kings bowlers have been made glance clueless by way of the KKR openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine. Salt and Narine smashed 75 and 71 runs respectively whilst Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, and Andre Russell made important contributions to assist KKR put up 261 for six at the board. For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh picked two wickets whilst Sam Curran, Harshal Patel, and Rahul Chahar were given one wicket each and every.

Chasing the objective, Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh destroyed the KKR bowling unit. Singh didn’t play a large knock, however Jonny Bairstow transformed his fifty right into a triple-figure ranking and in conjunction with Shashank Singh suggested PBKS to an 8-wicket win. This was once the highest-ever chase within the historical past of T20 cricket.

Talking after the fit, Sam Curran expressed his pride over the win and stated that cricket is popping into baseball. Sam Curran stated:

“Very satisfying. Most significantly the win. Cricket is popping into baseball. Now we have had a couple of tricky weeks. However we hung in there. The way in which guys educate. The arrogance and the coaches. The small grounds and the dew. The opinions which may provide you with an additional ball.”

Sam Curran additional lauded Jonny Bairstow for his stellar knock and categorised Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma because the in finding of the event. Sam Curran mentioned:

“We hung in there and controlled to chase it down with balls to spare. Happy for Johnny. What a fantastic knock. Shashank Singh has been the in finding of the event for us. Ashutosh as neatly. Happy with everybody.”

Earlier 5 Conferences Between KKR And PBKS

Within the earlier 5 conferences between the groups, Kolkata Knight Riders gained 3 and Punjab Kings gained two suits. On Might 8, 2023, KKR limited PBKS to 179/7 after which chased down the objective to win the fit by way of 5 wickets.

Sooner than that, in the similar season on April 1, Kolkata Knight Riders posted 191/5 at the board and stopped KKR to 146/7 to win by way of 7 runs since the goal was once diminished to 154 as in step with the DLS approach.

Within the Indian Premier League 2022, KKR and PBKS confronted off each and every different most effective as soon as on April 1 in Wankhede the place KKR hammered their fighters by way of 6 wickets with 33 balls to spare whilst chasing down 138 runs. Speaking additional in regards to the competition, Punjab Kings defeated the Knight Riders on October 1 in Dubai by way of 5 wickets after they effectively finished the run-chase of 166 and in the similar season KKR registered a 5-wicket win over the Punjab-based franchise on April 26 in Ahmedabad after they comprehensively chased down the small goal of 123/9.

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