All openers scored 50+ runs: The 42nd match of IPL 2024 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in which the host team, batting first, has given a big target of 262 runs to the opposition team. Chasing the target of 262 runs, Prabhsimran Singh scored a brilliant half-century for Punjab Kings and gave a great start to his team. Whereas, Jonny Bairstow scored a century. In this match, the opening batsmen of both the teams scored half-centuries and registered their names in the record books by performing a unique feat.

In the match being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, both the openers from the host team, Sunil Narine (71) and Phil Salt (75) scored brilliant half-centuries, while while chasing the target, both from the Punjab Kings side also scored brilliant half-centuries. Openers Prabhsimran Singh (54) and Jonny Bairstow played brilliant innings. This is the first time in IPL history that both the opening batsmen of both the teams have scored 50 or more.

For the 11th time in T20 cricket, all the openers of both the teams scored 50+.

Even though this has happened for the first time in IPL history, this feat has been done 10 times before in T20 cricket history. Let us tell you that this is the 11th time in the history of T20 cricket, including today's match, that both the opening batsmen of both the teams have succeeded in scoring 50 or more.

It is noteworthy that in this match, after losing the toss, batting first, the host Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261 runs by losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, in which Sunil Narine and Phil Salt had the biggest contribution. Chasing the target of 262 runs, opener Prabhsimran Singh played an excellent innings for Punjab Kings but was run out after scoring 54 runs in 20 balls, while Jonny Bairstow returned to form in a stormy manner and scored his second century in the IPL. . Bairstow was dropped due to poor form but today he batted brilliantly.