Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in 42nd Match of the IPL 2024.

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Kolkata Knight Riders Innings- Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and started the inning very strongly, Philip Salt and Sunil Narine came to start the inning and gave a strong start with a century partnership of 138 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 138 runs in 10.2 over, Sunil Narine was dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 71 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 32 balls, next batsman Venkatesh Iyer came to bat and hendled the inning with Philip Salt, the second wicket was dismissed for 163 runs in 12.3 over, Philip Salt was dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 37 balls, followed by Andre Russell came to bat and hendled the inning with Venkatesh Iyer, the third wicket was dismissed for 203 runs in 15.3 over, Andre Russell was dismissed after playing a quick inning of 24 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 12 balls, next batsman Shreyas Iyer came to bat and played handled the inning with Venkatesh Iyer, the fourth wicket was dismissed for 246 runs in 18.3 over, Shreyas Iyer was dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 28 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 10 balls, next batsman Rinku Singh came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 4 runs in 4 balls as fifth wicket in 19.2 over, the team score was 153 runs, followed by Ramandeep Singh came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 3 balls, and Venkatesh Iyer was run-out after playing a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 23 balls as sxith wicket in final ball of the inning, the team score was 216 runs. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261 runs losing just 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, and set a strong target of 262 runs for Punjab Kings.

Punjab Kings bowlers- Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 45 runs in his spell, Rahul Chahar 1 wicket for 33 runs in his spell, Sam Curran 1 wicket for 60 runs in his spell, Harshal Patel 1 wicket for 48 runs in 3 overs, Kagiso Rabada was wicketless for 52 runs in 3 overs, and Harpreet Brar also wicketless for 21 runs in 2 overs.

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Punjab Kings inning- Punjab Kings chasing 262 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in the fourth ball of the 19th over and won the match by 8 wickets. Punjab Kings also started the inning very strongly, Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow came to start the inning and gave a strong start with a half-century partnership of 93 runs for the first wicket in just 6 overs, the first wicket was dismissed for 93 runs in last ball of the 6th over, Prabhsimran Singh was dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 20 balls, next batsman Rilee Rossouw came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 85 runs with Jonny Bairstow, the second wicket was dismisse for 178 runs in 12.3 over, Rilee Rossouw was dismissed after scoring 26 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 16 balls, followed by Shashank Singh came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Jonny Bairstow, Jonny Bairstow played a very brilliant powerful unbeaten quick century and and a victory inning of 108 runs with the help of 9 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 48 balls, and Shashank Singh also played a very brilliant quick half-century and a victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 28 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings chased the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in just 18.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers- Sunil Narine performed very brilliant bowling took 1 wicket just for 24 runs in his spell, apart from this all bowlers are wicketless and expensive, Harshit Rana was wicketless for 61 runs in his spell, Dushmantha Chameera wicketless for 48 runs in 3 overs, Varun Chakaravarthy wicketless for 46 runs in 3 overs, Anukul Roy wicketless for 36 runs in 2 overs, Andre Russell wicketless for 36 runs in 2 overs, and Ramandeep Singh also wicketless for 9 runs in 0.4 over.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Punjab Kings batsman Jonny Bairstow was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant powerful unbeaten quick century and and a victory inning of 108 runs with the help of 9 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 48 balls.
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