KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024 Match Analysis: 'The City of Joy' Whatever happened on 26 April 2024 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, has not happened in the history of IPL till date... even in the history of T20 cricket. In this match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, the biggest run chase in the history of T20 along with IPL took place. Jonny Bairstow scored a brilliant century, due to which Punjab Kings created a new world record for chasing the highest number of runs in T20 cricket. Kolkata Knight Riders had given a target of 262 runs to Punjab Kings, which Punjab achieved with eight balls remaining and defeated them by 8 wickets. 

Earlier on March 26 last year, South Africa had made the biggest T20 run chase by scoring 259/4 against West Indies. In terms of IPL, Rajasthan Royals had held the previous record of chasing the target of 224 runs against KKR at Eden Gardens on 16 April 2024. In this way, Rajasthan had equaled the chase in the 4-year-old gold match. 

This match was then played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings on 27 September 2020 in Sharjah. Playing first in this match, Punjab Kings scored 223/2, in reply Rajasthan Royals scored 226 runs in reply to the 224 runs given for the run chase. 

Now coming back to the match held on 26 April 2024 , in this match Kolkata Knight Riders, playing first, scored 261/6 runs, while Punjab Kings completed the chase with eight balls remaining. There was a partnership of 138 runs between KKR openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls). Due to this this team made a big score. 

In reply, Punjab Kings also made a great start and scored 93 runs in the powerplay at the loss of the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh. Prabhasimran played an inning of 54 runs in 20 balls before being run out. Later, the hero of the victory became Jonny Bairstow, who scored 108 runs in 48 balls. He got good support from Shashank Singh, who scored 68 runs in just 28 balls. 

Now let us tell you that many records were made in the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, let's take a look at it. 

Record of most sixes: 
42 sixes were hit in the match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), which is the highest in any T20 match. This left behind the total of 38 sixes hit in the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in Hyderabad last month and the total of 38 sixes hit in the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Bengaluru last week. 

Most sixes hit by a single team in T20: 
Punjab Kings hit a total of 24 sixes while run-chasing against KKR, which is the second most sixes hit by any team in T20 after Nepal's 26 sixes against Mongolia last year. Kings' 24 sixes are the most sixes hit by a single team in an IPL match, breaking SRH's record of 22 sixes against RCB and Delhi Capitals (DC) last week. 

The second biggest aggregate of T20 was 
the total of 523 runs scored by KKR and Kings at Eden Gardens on Friday, the combined total in T20 after the 549 runs scored in the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Bengaluru on 15 April 2024. Second highest match score since. In the match between Mumbai and SRH on 27 March 2024, the aggregate (combined score of both the teams) was 523 runs. 

Openers did this for the first time in an IPL. 
In the match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab, 4 openers with scores of more than fifty were Phil Salt (75), Sunil Narine (71), Prabhsimran Singh (54) and Jonny Bairstow ( 108 not out). This was the first instance of all four opening batsmen scoring more than 50 runs in an IPL match. This has happened for the eleventh time in men's T20. The 308 runs scored by the opening batsmen is also the highest in an IPL match. 

A total of 5 half-centuries were scored in this match with a strike rate of 200 or more. Salt (25 balls), Narine (23), Prabhsimran (18), Bairstow (23), and Shashank Singh (23) scored runs at a strike rate of 200 plus. This is the first instance of five half-centuries scored in 25 or fewer balls in men's T20 (where ball-by-ball data is available). 

Fastest IPL century for the Punjab Kings 
38 - David Miller vs RCB, Mohali, 2013
45 - Mayank Agarwal vs RR, Sharjah, 2020
45 - Jonny Bairstow vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024
49 - Wriddhiman Saha vs KKR, Bengaluru, 2014 Final

Biggest successful run chases in men's T20 cricket
262 - Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata, IPL 2024
259 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023
253 - Middlesex vs Surrey, The Oval, T20 Blast 2023
244 - Australia vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2018
243 - Bulgaria vs Serbia, Sofia, 2022
243 - Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi, Rawalpindi, PSL 2023

Most Successful Runchases in IPL 
262 - Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata, IPL 2024
224 - Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, Sharjah, 2020
224 - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata, 2024
219 - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Delhi, 2021

Most sixes in Men's T20 match
42 - KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata, IPL 2024
38 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, IPL 2024
38 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru, IPL 2024
37 - Balkh Legends vs Kabul Zwanan, Sharjah, APL 2018/19
37 - SKNP vs JT, Basseterre, CPL 2019

Highest aggregate in an IPL match 
549 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2024
523 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
523 - KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata, 2024
469 - CSK vs RR, Chennai, 2010
465 - DC vs SRH, Delhi, 2024

Highest score in T20 run-chase 
262/2- PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata, IPL 2024
262/7- RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru, IPL 2024
259/4- South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023
254/3- Middlesex vs Surrey , The Oval, T20 Blast 2023
253/8- Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans, Rawalpindi, PSL 2023

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Most sixes in an innings in IPL
24 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024
22 - SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024
22 - SRH vs DC, Delhi, 2024
21 - RCB vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013
vs PBKS on April 26 Only Nepal has hit more sixes in an innings in men's T20 cricket. He hit 26 sixes against Mongolia in the Asian Games last year when the score was 314/3.