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New Delhi, April 27 (Hindustan Reporter) The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 played on Friday between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) rewrote the history of men's T20 cricket, proving once again that cricket It is a game of uncertainties.
In this match played on Friday night, many records were broken in the blink of an eye. In this match, sixes rained from both the teams and a new record was created. A total of 42 sixes were hit in the match, which is a new record in T20 cricket. Of these sixes, 24 were hit by Punjab and 18 by KKR.
The 42 sixes hit during the match between PBKS and KKR broke the record of sixes hit during the matches between Mumbai Indians-Sunrisers Hyderabad and Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore. 38-38 sixes were hit in these matches.
Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Riley Rossouw and Shashank Singh together hit 24 sixes, which is the most number of sixes in an innings in the history of this cash-rich league. The only team ahead of PBKS is Nepal, who scored a mammoth score of 314 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs against Mongolia in Hangzhou in the Asian Games last year, hitting 26 sixes.
Earlier in the history of IPL, the maximum number of sixes in an innings was hit during the match between RCB and Hyderabad. In that match, 22 sixes were hit in an innings.
Talking about the match, batting first in this match, KKR team scored 261 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. For KKR, Phil Salt (75), Sunil Narine (71) scored half-centuries, followed by Vektesh Iyer ( 39), Andre Russell (24) and captain Shreyas Iyer (28) played solid innings to take KKR beyond 250.
In reply, Punjab achieved the target in 18.4 overs thanks to a century by Jonny Bairstow (108 not out) and explosive innings by Prabhsimran Singh (54), Riley Rosaev (26) and Shashank Singh (68 not out).