Bairstow's match at the boundary by Anukul Roy was missed: Curran bowled Salt, and Narine's direct throw ran Prabhasimran out.
In the 42nd IPL 2024 match, Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. On Friday, Punjab won the toss and elected to bowl at Eden Gardens Stadium. In 20 overs, Kolkata amassed 261 runs at six wickets. Punjab responded by scoring 262 runs in 18.4 overs with 2 wickets lost.
A century was scored by Jonny Bairstow. Even after scoring 108 runs off of 48 balls, he was still undefeated. He also won the match with a life. Shashank Singh led the squad to triumph at the same moment, hitting an undefeated 68 runs off of 28 balls. In addition, Prabhsimran Singh scored 54 runs off of 20 balls. Sunil Narine made a direct toss and ran him out.
Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, and Sam Curran each claimed one wicket. Curran delivered a fantastic yorker to Salt.
1. During the third over, Brar failed to catch Narine.
Sunil Narine's life was saved by Punjab Kings player Harpreet Brar. In the match's third over, he failed to catch Narine. He was batting on 17 runs at the time. The right-handed player used Harshal Patel's ball to play a stroke in the direction of backward point. Fielding there, Brar got a catch that he was unable to bring in. Here, Narine was given a fresh lease on life and scored 71 runs in one inning.
2. Phil Salt was awarded two lives.
Phil Salt, the KKR wicketkeeper batsman, took two life. The powerplay's final over, or sixth over, saw the first life donation. played a shot in salt at Arshdeep Singh's ball near mid-off. The ball descended and Sam Curran, fielding within the 30-yard line, was sluggish to respond, missing it before it even got to his hand.
Obtaining a fresh start in the ensuing round. In the 7th over, Rahul Chahar entered the bowl. The fifth ball of the over was played by Salt at backward point. Fielding there, Kagiso Rabada was unable to make the catch. When the ball touched his hand, it slipped.
3. Prabhsimran was sent out by Narine with a straight throw.
Prabhsimran Singh, the impact player for Punjab, was run out after scoring a half-century in the final over of the powerplay. Bairstow played the ball towards short fine leg after Anukul Roy had bowled it. There, fielder Sunil Narine hit a straight throw to the wicketkeeper, Prabhasimran, who was finishing the run. When the ball struck the stump squarely, Prabhsimran was forced to head back to the pavilion.
4. Bairstow's catch at the boundary was missed by Anukul Roy.
In the contest, Anukul Roy gave Bairstow his life. In the ninth over of the innings, Varun Chakraborty was bowling. Bairstow was forced to play a big shot by Varun, who gave up just 5 runs in the first 4 balls of the over. Consequently, Bairstow blasted a shot for six over long off on the fifth ball of the over. The ball slipped out of Anukul's hands and went for a six as he jumped to try to make the catch as he was fielding there.
5. Curran bowled Salt on a yorker.
Sam Curran bowled Phil Salt on a brilliant yorker. On the first two balls of the 13th over of KKR's innings, Salt hit 2 sixes on Curan back to back. Karan bowled a yorker on the third ball of the over. Salt could not read it and went bold.
6. Ashutosh made a quick grab.
Rinku Singh was forced to return to the pavilion in the final over of KKR's innings because of Ashutosh Sharma's outstanding catch. Rinku smashed a huge shot off the second ball of the final over, which was bowled by Harshal Patel, a full-length slow ball. The ball went to third man when his bat got the outside edge, and Ashutosh Singh made an incredible running catch by going backwards.
Rinku Singh, an aggressive hitter, got out for just five runs because of Ashutosh's fielding.
For a single, Gautam Gambhir complained with the umpire.
In the fourteenth over, Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer were at the wicket for Kolkata. On the final ball of the over, Andre Russell played a cover shot against Rahul Chahar. Fielding there, Ashutosh Sharma took up the ball and delivered it to the wicketkeeper. The wicketkeeper was not hit by the throw, and Iyer and Russell managed to escape with singles. The field umpire had already called an end to the over before the throw was even completed. This meant that as soon as the umpire gave the signal, the ball was declared dead. Runs cannot currently be scored on it in this circumstance. Gautam Gambhir became enraged at this. He got up from his seat immediately and walked to the fourth umpire to voice his disapproval.
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