This has never happened in any match in the 16-year history of IPL..!?

Sowmiya Sriram

This has never happened in any match in the 16-year history of IPL..!?


Kolkata Knight Riders - Punjab Kings clash in the 2024 IPL series is the best IPL match so far.A miraculous feat was accomplished that never happened in the series. All four starters of both the teams who played in this match scored more than 50 runs. This marked the first time in the 16-year history of the IPL that both openers from both teams scored more than 50 runs in a match. kolkata Knight Riders batted first in this match. Ananth's openers Bill Salt and Sunil Narine played an impressive game. Together they put on 138 runs for the first wicket. punjab Kings captain Phil salt broke the truth and scored 75 runs in 37 balls and Sunil Narine scored 71 runs in 32 balls. 

The players who came after that also added runs in action. kolkata scored 261 runs in 20 overs. Next, when the punjab Kings team chased, the team's openers Prabsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow played a step ahead of the opening pair of the kolkata team. Prabsimran Singh was dismissed after scoring 54 runs in 18 balls.

Jonny Bairstow, who remained unbeaten till the end, was on the field with 108 runs after crossing 45 balls. The punjab Kings team achieved the all-out target in 18.4 overs and set a historic record for victory. It is noteworthy that Punjab Kings made the record of being the team that chased the most runs in this match. It also holds the record for most sixes in a T20I match. Both the teams hit 42 sixes together.

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