KKR vs PBKS: Friday will be remembered for a long time in the history of cricket, because in the match played at Eden Gordon, Punjab Kings chased the target of 262 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (PBKS vs KKR), which was the highest target in T20. The biggest run chase ever in cricket.

Host Kolkata, batting first, scored a huge score of 261/6 runs in 20 overs, which the red jersey team achieved at the loss of only 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining. After this high scoring match, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said that the existence of cricket is in danger.

Sam Curran said a big thing after the match

After winning the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said during the post match presentation that the game of cricket is becoming like baseball. Let us tell you that in baseball, the striker has to play shots with full force on every ball. Sam said,

“Today's win is very good. It is very important for us. But the game of cricket is turning into baseball. The last few weeks have been difficult for us. But we did not let our courage break. The way the guys are training, showing confidence and the work the coaches are doing is fantastic.”

Sam Curran also spoke on run chase

When Sam Curran was asked about this historic run chase, he said that the ground in Kolkata is very small. Also, there was dew during the second innings, due to which KKR bowlers faced problems and they won the match. Sam said,

“The small ground and dew played a vital role in our victory. Also, through DRS, the extra ball you got was also beneficial. We stayed on the field and were successful in achieving the target with balls remaining. Happy for Johnny's innings. What an amazing innings played. Shashank Singh is scouting tournaments for us and so is Ashutosh. We are proud of our players.”

This was the condition of the competition

In this match, Punjab Kings won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. Kolkata took advantage of this opportunity and put 250+ runs on the scoreboard. Phil Salt played a stormy innings of 75 (37) runs, Sunil Narine scored 71 (32) runs and Venkatesh Iyer played a stormy inning of 39 (23) runs. Apart from him, Andre Russell and captain Shreyas Iyer also contributed 24 (12) and 28 (10) runs respectively.

Chasing the big target of 262 runs set by Kolkata, Punjab made a stormy start and the team added 93 runs in the powerplay itself. Prabhsimran Singh was out after scoring 54 runs in 20 balls and Riley Rosso was out after scoring 26 runs in 16 balls. But after this, Jonny Bairstow and Shashank Singh gave their team a historic victory by hitting fours and sixes. Johnny scored an unbeaten 108* runs on 48 balls, while Shashank Singh also played an unbeaten inning of 68* runs on just 28 balls.