Kolkata Knight Riders’ transfer to open with Sunil Narine continued to do wonders within the 2024 version of the IPL because the West Indies all-rounder smashed his second half-century of the season aside from a century as the house group destroyed the Punjab Kings in one more run-fest on the Eden Gardens on Friday, April 26. Narine and Phil Salt gave a bumper begin to the innings smashing 76 runs within the powerplay itself because the duo notched up its first century stand within the match.
The duo scripted historical past by attaining KKR’s second highest partnership breaking Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa’s stand of 121 runs. The 184-run stand between Gambhir and Chris Lynn remains to be the best for the Knight Riders. In the meantime, the 138-run stand between Narine and Salt was additionally the best opening stand of the season.
Highest opening partnership for KKR in IPL
184* – Gautam Gambhir, Chris Lynn vs GL (Rajkot, 2017)
138 – Sunil Narine, Phil Salt vs PBKS (Kolkata, 2024)
121 – Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa vs RR (Ahmedabad, 2014)
113 – Gautam Gambhir, Brendon McCullum vs PWI (Kolkata, 2012)
Highest opening partnership in IPL 2024
138 – Sunil Narine, Phil Salt vs PBKS, Kolkata
134 – Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul vs CSK, Lucknow
131 – Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head vs DC, Delhi
125 – Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli vs RR, Jaipur
The 70-odd scores by Salt and Narine adopted up by fast cameos from Andre Russell, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer helped the Knight Riders get to their second highest complete in IPL historical past as the house aspect notched up 261 runs on Tuesday. This was the seventh highest group rating in IPL historical past whereas the best at Eden Gardens as KKR broke Chennai Tremendous Kings’ report, who piled on 235 runs within the 2023 version within the Metropolis of Pleasure.
Highest group rating in IPL
287/3 – SRH vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2024)
277/3 – SRH vs MI (Hyderabad, 2024)
272/7 – KKR vs DC (Visakhapatnam, 2024)
266/7 – SRH vs DC (Delhi, 2024)
263/5 – RCB vs PWI (Bengaluru, 2013)
262/7 – RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru, 2024)
261/6 – KKR vs PBKS (Kolkata, 2024)
Highest group rating for KKR in IPL
272/7 vs DC (Visakhapatnam, 2024)
261/6 vs PBKS (Kolkata, 2024)
245/6 vs KXIP (Indore, 2018)
The pitch is nice with the pace-on however will get tough with the change of tempo and the Punjab Kings batters could have their job lower out.
 as they smashed the highest opening partnership for the 2024 edition of the IPL. Narine and Salt are the second-most prolific opening pair in the season and also achieved a record for KKR in the IPL.){kind=link}