KKR who destroyed the Punjab bowlers..!? KKR scored 261 runs!!

Sowmiya Sriram

KKR who destroyed the punjab bowlers..!? KKR scored 261 runs!!


Punjab has set a target of 262 runs to win the match against Kolkata. ThePunjab team is playing against kolkata in the 42nd league match of the IPL series. punjab team captain sam Curran won the toss and chose to bowl. The sunil Narine-Bill salt alliance, which entered the field after this, was in action right from the start. Due to the action of these two, the score of the KKR team crossed 50 runs in 3.5 overs. Meanwhile, the punjab fielders missed a catch by Sunil Narine, andHarpreet Barar and 2 catches by Bill Salt. sunil Narine took advantage of this to score a half-century in 23 balls, on the other hand, Phil salt crossed a half-century in 25 balls. 

The two batted in such a manner that no matter which players of the punjab team bowled, a six per over was guaranteed. At the end of 10 overs, KKR scored 137 runs. In this situation, sunil Narine was dismissed for 71 runs off 32 balls in the 11th over bowled by rahul Sahar, followed by Phil salt on 75 runs off 37 balls. Russell, who came next, hit a few sixes in action but was bowled out for 24 runs by Arshdeep Singh's excellent bouncer. Meanwhile, KKR's score reached 206 runs at the end of 16 overs. shreyas iyer, who followed, scored 24 runs including 3 sixes and a four in the 18th over bowled by sam Curran.

In the 19th over bowled by Arshdeep Singh, shreyas iyer scored 28 runs off 10 balls and Rinku Singh entered the field. Harshal patel came to bowl the last over to add 10 runs in this over. Rinku Singh hits a boundary in the first ball of this over and is dismissed in the 2nd ball. Then8 runs were added off the last 4 balls. As a result, theKKR team accumulated 261 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs. It is noteworthy that he has crossed 250 runs for the 6th time in this IPL series.

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