India off-spinner R Ashwin was in disbelief, very similar to a lot of the cricket world, as PBKS chased down 263 runs in simply 18.3 overs in opposition to KKR at Eden Gardens in an IPL 2024 sport on Friday, April 2. A complete of 42 sixes had been hit, 523 runs had been scored, and all 4 opening batters within the match scored in extra of fifty as bowlers suffered, leaking aplenty. Jonny Bairstow’s 48-ball 108 not out was the spotlight of a record-breaking encounter in Kolkata as batters made merry of one of many flattest pitches and small boundaries on the iconic venue.
262 is the highest-successful chase in T20 cricket historical past as PBKS broke South Africa’s report of 259 in opposition to West Indies, set in 2023. PBKS additionally hit 24 sixes of their innings, breaking the report set by SunRisers — 22 — after they smashed the highest-ever IPL complete of 287 on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium earlier within the month.
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“Save the bowlers” somebody plsss,” Ashwin wrote in his publish on X, with a collection of SOS emojis.
“It is run a ball for the final 2 overs of a T 20 sport in a chase of 260 +. Let that sink in,” he added, expressing disbelief on the report run chase.
Ashwin’s Rajasthan teammate Yuzvendra Chahal responded with a meme, backing his spin twin’s tackle the big-hitting present.
Shashank Singh continued his dream run in IPL 2024 as he hit 68 off simply 28 balls whereas Prabhsimran Singh set the tone with a 20-ball 54 in his 93-run stand with Bairstow. The partnership got here in simply 6 overs. Earlier within the day, Sunil Narine, Phil Salt, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer hammered the PBKS bowlers, posting 262 on the board.
Former England batter Kevin Pietersen and Aakash Chopra had been among the many many who had been left in awe by the hitting potential of the batters within the high-scoring contest in Kolkata on Friday.
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Chopra stated it is time for the bowlers to adapt and evolve, noting the development of 200-plus totals in IPL 2024.
“Batters have unlocked their true potentialâæover to the bowlers to do what they do higher than battersâæthat’s adapting and evolving,” he added.
PBKS used a complete of 6 bowlers and KKR used 8 bowlers on Friday and solely two of them — Sunil Narine (1 for twenty-four) and Rahul Chahar (1 for 33) — conceded lower than 10 runs per over. PBKS captain Sam Curran leaked 60 runs in 4 overs whereas their most-experienced pacer, Kagiso Rabada, gave away 52 runs in 3 overs.
For KKR, it was worse. Andre Russell gave away 36 runs in 2 overs whereas younger Harshit Rana was smashed for 61 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakrvarthy gave away 46 runs in 3 overs.
