Punjab Kings broke South Africa’s file of 259/4 towards West Indies in March final 12 months.
Within the IPL, the earlier file was held by Rajasthan Royals, who chased down 224 towards KKR at Eden Gardens just lately, matching the file they set towards Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah.
After being despatched in to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261/6, however Punjab Kings chased down the goal with eight balls to spare.
Participant of the Match Bairstow mentioned his intention was to whack the ball so far as doable.
“We obtained off to an excellent begin and that was key. They obtained a flier themselves because of Sunil so we knew we needed to go ballistic within the powerplay,” Bairstow mentioned.
“Once you’ve to chase 200-plus you have to take dangers within the powerplay. (Learn how to strategy such a chase?) Try to whack it as arduous as doable (laughs). It was a case of if it is in your space you go after it. We needed to lose as few wickets as doable.
Bairstow additionally praised Shashank for the way by which has been batting this season and on this match.
“Shashank has finished all of it season, a stunning man and particular participant. To have somebody like him coming in and do that’s unbelievable. His information, he is not younger both, he is good and calm, full credit score to him the way in which he got here out and hit it cleanly.”
