Bairstow, Shashank help PBKS raze down record 261 with eight balls to spare

Like temperatures across the whole of India, run-scoring and six-hitting in IPL 2024 are going only one way - up. In an unbelievably ruthless display of batting, Punjab Kings hunted down 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders to record the highest successful chase in all of T20 history, and got there with eight balls to spare. They hit 24 sixes, six more than what KKR managed, and the two teams together set the record for the most sixes in any T20 game. Simultaneously, Jonny Bairstow thundered back to shape to smack his second IPL hundred. Shashank Singh, one of PBKS' finds of the time, clubbed 68* from just 28 balls, eight of which vanished over the limit. In the midst of all that, Sunil Narine stood separated with figures of 4-0-24-1 for KKR. That came after he proceeded with his fantasy season with the bat, pounding 71 off 32 conveyances in an initial organization of 138 in 10.2 overs. Phil Salt, Narine's initial accomplice, likewise rode on his structure - and some karma - to hurry to 75 from 37. In any case, all of that went to no end. Prabhsimran overwhelms the powerplay Eden Nurseries had quite recently taken in the monstrosity of the host group's batting exertion when PBKS answered in kind, siphoning their most elevated ever powerplay score of 93 for 1. Furthermore, Prabhsimran Singh ruled this stage regardless of not getting to confront a solitary bundle of the 6th over. Coming on as Effect sub toward the beginning of the pursuit, he pounded 54 off 20 balls, the feature of his innings coming when he pursued KKR debutant Dushmantha Chameera in a 23-run third finished. There were five sixes in his innings, including a scoop over fine leg off Chameera. Bairstow then, at that point, went 4, 6, 4, 4, 6 off Anukul Roy in the 6th over, before Prabhsimran, answering the require a speedy single from the non-striker's end, was run out off the last wad of the powerplay. Bairstow trucks KKR all around Bairstow was dropped by PBKS in the wake of overseeing only 96 runs in his initial six innings this season. Furthermore, he took as much time as is needed digging up some authentic confidence in his return game, scoring only 12 off his initial 10 balls. In any case, his attack on Roy gave a smidgen of what was to come. He tracked down a touch of help in the 10th over, however, when Roy dropped him while throwing himself to one side at long-off, and neglected to keep the ball from going for six. That shot off Varun Chakravarthy raised Bairstow's fifty, off 23 balls. Bairstow pursued Varun again in the eleventh over, sending off him for a six over lengthy off, chipping a four over the bowler's head, and smack pulling him for another six. At the point when Bairstow got to his hundred off 45 balls to end the sixteenth over, PBKS required 52 from 24. Shashank assists PBKS with cruising through Shashank came to the wrinkle when Narine, who some way or another yielded only two fours and a six in his four overs, excused Rilee Rossouw for a 16-ball 26 in the thirteenth over. It was whenever he first had batted over No. 6 for PBKS, and he immediately made his preference for the advancement clear, hitting Varun for consecutive leg-side sixes when he had quite recently confronted three balls. The game was shifting PBKS' way when the last four overs started, and the sixteenth made them clear top picks, as Shashank pounded Chameera for three sixes - a smack, a scoop, and a draw - as PBKS' required rate tumbled to under two runs for each ball. The match finished in a rush, as Shashank banged three additional sixes, off Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh, and the group started to scatter even before the outcome was formally affirmed. Shashank was batting on 25 when Bairstow arrived at his hundred; the coordinate finished with Shashank on 68 and Bairstow on 108. Salt, Narine set up overwhelming KKR all out PBKS dropped Salt two times and Narine once inside the initial seven overs, and the two turbocharged openers took off to 83 for no misfortune in that time. When KKR had arrived at the midpoint of their innings, they had added another 54 to their score. Narine arrived at his fifty in the eighth over, bringing it up 23 balls, and Salt got to his in the following over. Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 261/6 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 75, Sunil Narine 71; Arshdeep Singh 2-45) lost to Punjab Kings 262/2 in 18.4 overs (Jonny Bairstow 108*, Shashank Singh 68*; Sunil Narine 1-24) by 8 wickets