Sam Curran opens up on PBKS’ record-breaking win over KKR. On Friday night at Eden Gardens, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) rewrote the record books with a jaw-dropping chase of 262 against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) rewrote the record books on Friday night at Eden Gardens with an incredible chase of 262. Following the conclusion of the powerplay, the hosts appeared to be in a comfortable position after being asked to bat first.
Sam Curran, the interim captain of PBKS. Astounded by the caliber of hitting that occurs in this format, particularly on a regular basis. Curran thinks that baseball is becoming a part of the game.
“Isn’t baseball becoming more and more like cricket? It was amazing. How should we [get started]? Happy to have two points. These kinds of games are unreal, but more significantly, as a team, we’ve had a difficult few weeks [this was the Kings’ first victory in five games] and we’ve persevered. We’ve pushed teams to the brink and, I believe, ignored the results. At the post-match press conference, Curran stated, “I felt we deserved to win.
After amassing an incredible 261/6, led by scorching half-centuries from openers Phil Salt (75) and Sunil Narine (71), KKR appeared to have the match under control. But PBKS had other ideas, spearheaded by Jonny Bairstow’s outstanding 108* off just 48 balls. Shashank Singh’s 68* off 28 and Prabhsimran Singh’s 54 off 20 provided excellent support for his assault as they chased down the target with eight balls remaining and won the match by eight wickets.
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Really pleased for Jonny: Sam Curran
With a career-defining innings, English opener Bairstow celebrated his return to the PBKS XI. Bairstow, who had been dropped following a subpar run, smashed nine sixes and eight boundaries. The stage was set for the record chase by his opening stand of 93 runs with Prabhsimran.
“Really pleased for Jonny,” Curran said, praising his fellow countrymen for his outstanding knock to take the side over the rope. He’s been traveling for a while now. After being out of the lineup for a few games, he appeared to be eager to rejoin the team and proved what a fantastic player he is. Thus, I’m happy for him,” Curran remarked.
Even though Bairstow was the star of the show, 32-year-old Shashank Singh (68 0ff 28) continued his incredible comeback season. His partnership of 84 runs with Bairstow turned out to be the icing on the cake for KKR.
The all-rounder gave Singh a lot of praise as well because he has been playing well in the current IPL. “He has been the discovery of the season for us, and we gave him that extra bit of responsibility to go in and No. 4.” Curran said, “He and Ashutosh [Sharma] have been amazing, and I’m just really happy.”
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