statistics highlighting the epic theft at Eden Gardens by Punjab Kings.
The highest target that has been successfully pursued in a T20 match is 262. Punjab Kings outscored West Indies 259, who were chased down by South Africa at Centurion. The Rajasthan Royals set the previous record for the most successful IPL chase of 224 when they accomplished it twice, first in 2020 in Sharjah against the Punjab Kings and once earlier this year in Kolkata against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
523 The combined 523 runs scored by the two teams is tied for second place in a Twenty20 match, behind only the 549 runs scored by SRH and RCB in Bengaluru earlier in the season. This IPL 2024 edition became the third time that 500+ runs had been aggregated in a match.
7 250+ scores in the IPL 2024—the highest in any one T20 series or competition. Only two of these scores occurred throughout the IPL’s first 16 years. Three 250+ scores were recorded in each of the England T20 Blast seasons of 2022 and 2023.
The 42 sixes that were hit in this match are the most in a T20 match ever, breaking the 38 that were hit in the IPL 2024 games between SRH and RCB in Bengaluru and SRH vs. MI in Hyderabad. The Punjab Kings’ 24 maximums are the second-highest for a team in an innings, only surpassed by Nepal’s 26 hits over the ropes against Mongolia during the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year. SRH set the previous IPL record for most sixes in an innings this season with 22 against DC in Delhi and RCB in Bengaluru.
The match had 400 runs scored in boundaries, with 196 from KKR (22 fours and 18 sixes) and 204 from Punjab Kings (15 fours and 24 sixes) becoming the joint-highest in a Twenty20 match. There were 43 X 4s and 38 X 6s in the RCB vs. SRH match in Bengaluru earlier in the season.
The match’s seamer economy rate of 15.16 was the lowest ever for an IPL game. Seamers bowled 23.4 overs and gave up 359 runs for four wickets between the two teams. The only bowler with a sub-15 economy rate among those who bowled at least one over of seam was Arshdep Singh (11.25). The lowest rate of runs conceded by seamers in an IPL match was 14.06 in the Bengaluru, 2024, match between SRH and RCB (7/422 in 30 overs).
1 This was the eleventh time in T20 cricket history that all four openers have scored 50 or more in a single IPL match. Together, the four openers scored 24 maximums, which is a tie for the most by openers in a T20 match, with the 24 scored in a match between China and Japan in Mong Kok in 2024.
With a Powerplay score of 93/1 against SRH in Hyderabad ten years ago in the 2014 IPL, Punjab Kings have surpassed their previous best of 86/1 against the same team. This is the team’s highest Powerplay score ever. The two teams’ combined Powerplay total of 169 runs is the third-highest in an IPL match, behind only the 213 runs scored by SRH and DC in Delhi on Saturday and the 170 runs scored by Punjab Kings and CSK at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2014.
In the Punjab Kings innings, there were three partnerships of 75 or more: 93 off 36 for Prabhsimran and Bairstow, 85 off 39 for Bairstow and Rossouw, and 84* off 37 for Bairstow and Shashank. In T20 cricket, it is the first occurrence of this kind.
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