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The match 42 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 saw the Kolkata Knight Riders host the Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday, April 26. The match saw records shatter once again as the Sam Curran-led side registered an eight-wicket win over KKR.
Earlier in the match, Curran won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. On the back of a 37-ball 75 from Philip Salt and a 32-ball 71 from Sunil Narine, helped KKR put up 261/6 in the 20 overs. But with Prabhsimran Singh playing a 20-ball 54 up the order and then Jonny Bairstow stitching a crucial partnership with Rilee Rossouw and Shashank Singh, helped PBKS register their third win of the season and register the highest-ever successful run chase in IPL history.
Here in this article, we’ll take a closer look at all the records broken in the match between KKR and PBKS.
Highest targets successfully chased in men’s T20I cricket:
262 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata (IPL 2024)
259 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion (2023)
253 - Middlesex vs Surrey, The Oval (T20 Blast 2023)
244 - Australia vs New Zealand, Auckland (2018)
243 - Bulgaria vs Serbia, Sofia (2022)
243 - Multan Sultan vs Peshawar Zalmi, Rawalpindi (PSL 2023)
Highest targets successfully chased in the IPL:
262 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata (2024)
224 - RR vs PBKS, Sharjah (2020)
224 - RR vs KKR, Kolkata (2024)
219 - MI vs CSK, Delhi (2021)
Highest aggregate in an IPL match:
549 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru (2024)
523 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad (2024)
523 - KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata (2024)
469 - CSK vs RR, Chennai (2010)
465 - DC vs SRH, Delhi (2024)
Most sixes in a men’s T20 match:
42 - KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata (IPL 2024)
38 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad (IPL 2024)
38 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru (IPL 2024)
37 - Balkh Legends v Kabul Zwanan, Sharjah (APL 2018-19)
37 - SKNP vs JT, Basseterre (CPL 2019)
Most sixes in an IPL innings:
24 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata (2024)
22 - SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru (2024)
22 - SRH vs DC, Delhi (2024)
21 - RCB vs PWI, Bengaluru (2013)
Only Nepal have managed more sixes in an innings in men’s T20 cricket than PBKS today (April 26). They hit 26 during their monumental 314/3 effort against Mongolia in Hangzhou at the Asian Games last year.
Highest scores in a T20 run-chase:
262/2 - PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata (IPL 2024)
262/7 - RCB vs SRH, Bengaluru (IPL 2024)
259/4 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion (2023)
254/3 - Middlesex vs Surrey, The Oval (T20 Blast 2023)
253/8 - Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans, Rawalpindi (PSL 2023)