KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024 Match Live Score: When Sam Curran won the toss and chose to bowl first, the idea must have been to restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to a sub-par score. But when you have in-form Phil Salt and Sunil Narine opening for you, sub-par total is out of question. In match number 42 of Tata IPL 2024, Salt and Narine, who have the second best average for opening pair in the powerplay in this season, punished the Punjab Kings bowlers and how!
Sam Curran, who is standing-in for Shikhar Dhawan, rotated every bowler to get some variation. Result? Only, bigger and bolder shots by the KKR openers. For 1st wicket, the duo amassed 138 runs! First, Narine fell for 71 and Salt followed at 75. KKR suffered the mid-overs slump but brief blitz by Andre Russell and Shreyas Iyer made sure that the runs kept coming. At one point, a score of 300 looked like a reality. However, PBKS bowlers got some relief in form of wickets after the 12th overs. Arshdeep Singh picked up two wickets. Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada and Rahul Chahar got one wicket each. But it was too late and too little. KKR smashed 261/6 on the board after 20 overs. The innings saw KKR batters smashing 18 maximums and 22 boundaries.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: PBKS chase
Any chase of 150+ in T20 cricket requires a lot of work and batting prowess from the openers. Hence, we saw Punjab bringing in Prabhsimran Singh as an impact sub opening with Bairstow. For a moment, it seemed that it was a deja vu! Ball was flying and batting at strike rate of 270, Singh remained undefeated till an (unnecessary) runout ended his innings! He smashed five sixes and four boundaries and got his IPL 50 in just 18 balls. His wicket was a huge setback to Punjab. Then Rilee Rossouw walked in.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: T20 history scripted at Eden Gardens
Rilee Rossouw joining Jonny Bairstow kept up the tempo but Rossouw couldn’t stay that long. Narine got him for 26 runs. Having lost several close matches, it seemed Punjab may have lost the momentum. But today was the day Punjab ruled Eden! Those were the two wickets that Punjab lost and then Bairstow and Shashank overcame the loss and accelerated the chase. While Bairstow smashed 108 off 48 balls, Shashank Singh scored 68 runs in 28 balls. This third wicket partnership scripted a brand-new chapter in the history of T20 cricket as Punjab Kings chased down the target of 262, the highest ever in T20 cricket anywhere in the world.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders
261/6 (20.0)
Punjab Kings
262/2 (18.4)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 42 )
Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets
Here are live score and live updates of KKR vs PBKS match 42
While the loss may not have impacted KKR’s rankings (they are still at number 2), PBKS have improved their rankings and are now at number 8 after record win at Eden Gardens. (SEE FULL IPL POINTS TABLE)
The partnership between Bairstow and Singh for the third wicket created a historic moment in T20 cricket, as Punjab Kings successfully chased down the target of 262, the highest ever chased in T20 cricket worldwide. (READ FULL REPORT)
Shashank Singh, the standout performer of the season, reaches his half-century in just 23 deliveries. His innings of 50 runs comprises seven maximums and two boundaries. Meanwhile, the partnership for the third wicket between Bairstow and Shashank Singh adds 50 runs to the chase.
Bairstow smashes century off 45 balls, keeps Punjab in the hunt. The PBKS batter’s century include eight boundaries and eight sixes at the strike rate of 222.22
Rilee Rossouw didn’t stay too long as Sunil Narine got rid of him in the 13th over. Rossouw scored 26 runs in 16 balls. This cameo brief knock included two maximums and 1 six. While Punjab look good in their chase so far. But at this point, the game can go in any direction.
Just when you thought that Punjab will slow down after Prabhsimran’s dismissal, Bairstow must have said – not today! Slamming a half-century in 23 balls, not only is he keeping the chase on but also maintaining the asking rate. He and Rossouw have put together a partnership of 40 runs and counting. In his innings so far, he has smashed seven boundaries and five maximums.
In T20 cricket, chasing a target above 150 demands significant effort and batting skill from the opening pair. This led Punjab to introduce Prabhsimran Singh as an impact substitute to open alongside Bairstow. Initially, it felt like a familiar scenario repeating itself! Singh showcased exceptional batting prowess, maintaining a strike rate of 270 until an unfortunate (and unnecessary) runout halted his innings prematurely. He hammered five sixes and four boundaries, reaching his IPL 50 in a mere 18 balls. His dismissal dealt a significant blow to Punjab’s hopes. Rilee Rossouw has now taken his place at the crease.
Arshdeep secures his second wicket of the match as KKR’s captain, Shreyas Iyer, departs after scoring 28 runs. During his brief innings, the Kolkata skipper hammered three sixes and one boundary, facing a total of 10 deliveries.
KKR lost both openers – Phil Salta and Sunil Narine in the 13th over. At that point, the scoreboard read 163/2. Enter Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. The duo carry forward the solid start and battle the mid-over slump. Within three overs, KKR crossed the 200-run mark. But Arshdeep Singh cuts short Russell’s blitz. He departed for 24 runs. In his brief innings off 12 balls, Russell smashed two maximums and two boundaries
Sample this – At the end of powerplay, KKR were 76/0. First, Sunil Narine reached the half-century mark in 23 balls and Phil Salt followed him in 25 balls. With both openers looking solid, KKR simply looked like they may give the SRH-like batting show tonight. Finally, after multiple misses, Punjab gets the big wicket of Narine. Chahar does the job. Soon, Curran gets the wicket of Phil Salt at 75! The KKR openers have given a fiery start to the home side and the scoreboard reads 163/2.
Did you know that 11.91 is the run rate of the partnership between Sunil Narine and Phil Salt. This is the second highest average by any opening partnership during the powerplay in this season of IPL.
Batting at a strike rate of 266 and 184, Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have given a rocking start to Kolkata Knight Riders. With a current run rate of 13+, KKR have already put 70 runs on the board without a loss of wicket. Salt and Narine have slammed four sixes and 8 boundaries so far.
Surprise, surprise! Kolkata Knight Riders have dropped Mitch Starc from tonight’s match. KKR Skipper Shreyas Iyer said that Starc suffered a minor cut in his finger in the last game and hence he has been replaced. Chameera was handed the IPL cap during the pre-match ceremony. He will be playing in place of Starc.
P. Salt (wk), S. Narine, A. Raghuvanshi, S. Iyer (c), V.Iyer, R. Singh, A. Russell, R. Singh, D. Chameera, V. Chakaravarthy, H. Rana
Punjab Kings stand-in skipper Sam Curran has won the toss and opted to field first. As we said earlier, dew may have determined the decision. And yes, no Shikhar Dhawan tonight.
If Orange Cap is for batters, then what about bowlers? Well, we have Purple Cap rankings for highest wicket-takers. And as we saw in yesterday’s SRH vs RCB match, a good bowling unit can slay any formidable side. So here are top three wicket-takers so far
PS: The runs conceded while taking these wickets define teh rankings. Bum,rah has been far more economical in all three.
Orange Cap is the rankings for the top run-getters in every edition of the Indian Premier League. This season, Virat Kohli has emerged as a quintessential run machine, followed by Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rishabh Pant. Here are top three players on the Orange Cap leader board:
The match number 42 of IPl 17, which will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will be livestreamed on Jio Cinemas for free. One needs to login via the phone number and OTP authentication. You need not be a Jio subscriber to watch the IPL match. If you want to watch the KKR vs PBKS match on TV, then Star Sports Network will broadcast the game from 7:30 pm onwards
It’s hot and humid in Kolkata but it won’t rain tonight. As per the report by accuweather.com, the temperature in the evening will remain somewhere around 36 degree Celsius. The humidity will be somewhere around 80 per cent. This translates into dew becoming a key factor from a toss point of view. Especially the second innings may see the impact of dew.
Matthew Short, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vidwath Kaverappa, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Shashank Singh, Prince Choudhary.
KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
The most expensive player in the history of IPL, Mitchell Starc has not really performed the way KKR would have wanted. Paying Rs 24.75 crore, KKR have seen Starc picking up 6 wickets at an economy of 11.48. This is absolute disaster by any yardstick. Tonight, Starc would want to make an impact worth the price tag.
Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have faced each other for 32 times in the history of the Indian Premier League. With record 21 wins, KKR have dominated the matches against PBKS. On the other hand, Punjab have managed victories in 11 games so far.
Hello and welcome! As several states are witnessing brisk voting for the second phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the IPL tournament is also entering an interesting phase. We have crossed the half-way mark and every single match will decided how close or far a team is to the playoff berth. Today, we will the clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens