Delhi: A new history has been made in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. On Friday, an exciting match was seen between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Punjab easily achieved the biggest target in T20 cricket history.

In this match, KKR won the toss and batted first and scored 261 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow gave an explosive start to the Punjab team chasing this difficult target. Jonny Bairstow (108), who displayed particularly responsible batting, played an unbeaten century. Apart from this, Shashank Singh (68*) scored a stormy half-century and gave victory to the guests in 18.4 overs.

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After this historic victory, Punjab Kings acting captain Sam Curran said that this victory is really pleasant, because we have lost continuously in the last few matches. He said that he is happy to achieve a big victory. Talking about chasing the target of 262 runs, Sam said that cricket is now turning into baseball.

Sam Curran, 25, said, “Very pleasant. The most important win, cricket has turned into baseball, right? We are happy with the two points. It was a tough few weeks for us as a team. Forget about the score, we deserved this win.”

Score of 250+ has been made 7 times so far in IPL 2024

It is noteworthy that after chasing 262 runs, discussion has also started about the pitches of India, because the score of 250 runs has become normal in this IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) team has scored 250+ thrice, KKR has crossed the 250-run mark twice. Apart from this, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have scored 250+ once each. That is, it is surprising that more than 250 runs have been scored 7 times in a single season of this T20 tournament.

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