Jonny Bairstow’s century propels PBKS to an 8-wicket triumph over KKR

At Eden Gardens on Friday, Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in their IPL 2024 match. In an attempt to catch 262, PBKS quickly reached 262/2 in 18.4 overs thanks to a perfect century from Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow hit 108* runs off 48 balls with an undefeated score. Shashank Singh (68*) achieved an undefeated half-century in the meantime. For PBKS, Prabhsimran Singh (54) also scored fifty runs, while Rilee Rossouw was dismissed for twenty-six off of sixteen balls by Sunil Narine.Sam Curran, the captain of PBKS, initially chose to bowl after winning the toss. With Venkatesh Iyer (39) and Rinku Singh (5) falling to Harshal Patel in the last over, Ramandeep Singh of KKR continued to be undefeated. Prior to this, both Phil Salt and Sunil Narine, his opening partner, scored fifty runs. Narine was sent out by Rahul Chahar after scoring 71 runs off of 32 balls. Salt, meanwhile, lost his wicket to Curran after departing for 75 off 37 balls. In addition, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Shreyas Iyer (28) and Andre Russell (24) as KKR amassed 261/6 in 20 overs.