In the 42nd match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets with the help of Jonny Bairstow's century, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh's quick half-centuries. This is the most successful chase in the history of IPL and T20 cricket. A record 42 sixes were hit in this match, which is the highest. Punjab hit 24 sixes and Kolkata hit 18 sixes in this match. Kolkata played Anukul Roy and Punjab played Prabhasimran as impact players in this match.

Batting first, Kolkata scored 261 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. The highest score of 75 (37) runs from the team came from the bat of Phil Salt. In this innings he hit 6 fours and 6 sixes. Apart from him, Sunil Narayan played an inning of 71(32) runs. In this innings he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Salt and Narayan added 138 (63) runs for the first wicket.

Venkatesh Iyer played an innings of 39(23) runs. In this innings he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Shreyas Iyer contributed 28(10) runs. In this innings he hit one four and 3 sixes. Andre Russell scored 24(12) runs. Russell hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Shreyas and Venkatesh made a partnership of 43 (18) runs for the fourth wicket. Venkatesh and Russell made a partnership of 40 (18) runs for the third wicket. Arshdeep took maximum 2 wickets for Punjab. Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar and captain Sam Curran managed to take one wicket each.

Punjab team, chasing the target, won the match by losing 2 wickets in 18.4 overs and scoring 262 runs. Jonny Bairstow scored the most runs for Punjab. He played a brilliant century of 108 runs unbeaten with the help of 8 fours and 9 sixes in 48 balls. Scored a century in 45 balls. Prabhsimran Singh played a half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes in 20 balls. He scored a half-century in 18 balls. Bairstow and Prabhasimran added 93 (36) runs for the first wicket. This is the second highest score of power play this season.

Shashank Singh played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and 8 sixes. He scored a half-century in 23 balls. Bairstow and Shashank made a match-winning partnership of 84* (37) runs for the third wicket. Riley Rousseau scored 26 runs in 16 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Bairstow added 85 (39) runs for the second wicket with Rousseau. Sunil Narine got the only wicket.