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PBKS vs KKR IPL match sees most sixes in a single T20 game; check how many maximums both teams hit
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Summary
KKR set the benchmark by hitting 18 maximums, but PBKS outclassed them with 22 of those hits. On an individual level, Bairstow led the charts with nine maximums, whereas Shashank followed with eight of them. Prabsimran notched five sixes, whereas KKR wicket-keeper Phil Salt scored six shots outside the boundary ropes too.
The match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) saw the most sixes hit in any T20 match, i.e. 42. PBKS recorded the highest-ever successful run chase in the history of the format, rounding off the target of 262 with more than an over to spare, with Jonny Bairstow and Shashank Singh starring with stunning knocks of 108* and 68* respectively.
KKR set the benchmark by hitting 18 maximums, but PBKS outclassed them with 22 of those hits. On an individual level, Bairstow led the charts with nine maximums, whereas Shashank followed with eight of them. Prabsimran notched five sixes, whereas KKR wicket-keeper Phil Salt scored six shots outside the boundary ropes too.
Match Rundown
PBKS completed the biggest ever run chase in the history of T20 cricket as they got to the 262-run target set to them by KKR at the Eden Gardens in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday.
Bairstow and his 108 was accompanied with a cracking half century by his fellow opener Prabsimran Singh. Shashank Singh hit 68 off 28 with the help of eight maximums as well to ensure that the KKR bowlers were taken apart in their own backyard. The PBKS batter smashed a total of 24 sixes in the 18.4 overs that they faced, chasing the mammoth total set by an exemplary KKR batting unit.
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Dushmantha Chameera conceded 48 in his three overs, whereas Harshit Rana was taken apart for 61 in his four-over spell.
Sunil Narine was economical, bowling 24 deliveries for as many runs and even taking the wicket of Rilee Rossouw. Anukul Roy and Varun Chakravarthy conceded 82 in their combined five overs, whereas André Russell (2-0-36-0) was unable to contain the flow of runs as well. The final runs were scored off Ramandeep Singh’s bowling, who conceded nine off the four deliveries that he bowled in the 19th over.
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