Kathmandu: The Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in Indian Premier League (IPL).

Chasing the target of 262 runs given by Kolkata in last night’s match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Punjab found Jonny Bairstow’s unbeaten century losing two wickets with 8 balls remaining.
Punjab has completed the highest total of 262 runs in T20 history. Earlier in T20 in 2023, South Africa chased 259 runs against West Indies.
Punjab completed the target of 261 runs in 18.4 overs losing 2 wickets. Jonny Bairstow was not out for 108 runs with 8 fours and 9 sixes in 48 balls in Punjab’s win. This century of Beysto, who turned 12 after a bad rhythm, will also give a big relief to Punjab. Opener Prabhashimran Singh got off to a great start scoring 54 runs off 20 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes.
Shashank Singh was not out for 68 runs off 28 balls with 2 fours and 8 sixes. Riley Rossouw was dismissed for 26 runs. Sunil Narine took Kolkata’s only wicket.
Before that, Kolkata, who lost the toss and were invited to bat first, scored 261 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Kolkata opener Phillip Salt scored 75 runs off 37 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes. Sunil Narayan scored 71 runs off 32 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes.
Venkatesh Air 39, Andre Russell 24, Shreyas Air 28 and Rinku Singh were out for 5 runs. Punjab’s Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets, Sam Karan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar took 1 (1) wickets.
Earlier in IPL, Rajasthan Royals scored 224 runs against Punjab in Chase 2020. This year, Rajasthan also completed the target of 224 runs against Kolkata.