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Kolkata vs Punjab Live Highlights, Match 42, Indian Premier League, 2024, April 26, 2024

KKR 261/6 (20)
Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets
PBKS 262/2 (18.4)
Match over
0.3 : 0.3: Sam Curran to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Wow, that's some way to get off the mark! Curran overpitches this outside off and on a fuller length looking for some away movement, Sunil Narine stands rooted and crisps it over cover for a boundary. 
1.4 : 1.4: Arshdeep Singh to Sunil Narine, SIX! Picked up to perfection! Arshdeep Singh digs this one short and over middle, Sunil Narine gets his weight back and nails the pull over mid-wicket for the first maximum of the game. 
1.5 : 1.5: Arshdeep Singh to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Easy pickings this for Sunil Narine! Arshdeep Singh serves a juicy full toss outside off, Sunil Narine gets down the deck and whacks this over mid on for four more runs. 
2.3 : 2.3: Harshal Patel to Phil Salt, SIX! BANG! That's huge! Fuller into the stumps, Phil Salt just clears his front leg and clobbers it over mid-wicket for a maximum. 
2.4 : 2.4: Harshal Patel to Phil Salt, Four!
2.5 : 2.5: Harshal Patel to Phil Salt, SIX! Absolutely smoked outta here! Harshal Patel drops the length short and bowls it over middle ad leg, Phil Salt opens up his stance and launches this over deep square leg fence for a maximum. 
3.2 : 3.2: Kagiso Rabada to Phil Salt, FOUR! That was a beautiful hit with great balance! Rabada overpitches this outside off and looks for some swing, Phil Salt leans on it and drives it over cover for a boundary. 
3.4 : 3.4: Kagiso Rabada to Sunil Narine, FOUR! That's poor bowling and rightly punished! Kagiso Rabada bowls a full toss over middle and off, Sunil Narine swings this wide of long on for a boundary. 
3.5 : 3.5: Kagiso Rabada to Sunil Narine, Six!
3.6 : 3.6: Kagiso Rabada to Sunil Narine, FOUR! This is some show! Rabada looks for the wide yorker and lands a full toss outside off, Sunil Narine just waits back and drives it through covers for four more runs to end the over. 
4.2 : 4.2: Sam Curran to Phil Salt, FOUR! Width on offer and Phil Salt poaches on this one! Sam Curran bowls this wider on off and on a length, Phil Salt drives it beautifully over cover for a boundary. 
4.6 : 4.6: Sam Curran to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Not a bad ball from Curran but Sunil Narine gets enough on it to send it away for a boundary. Curran nails the yorker into the leg stump line, Sunil Narine looks to dig it out and gets a thick outside edge past short fine leg for four more runs. 
5.1 : 5.1: Arshdeep Singh to Phil Salt, FOUR! Up and over! Arshdeep Singh takes pace off and bowls this on a good length, outside off, Phil Salt slashes hard at it and slices it over point for a boundary.
6.2 : 6.2: Rahul Chahar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Never knew Sunil Narine had that in his locker! Rahul Chahar bowls this flatter, full and on middle, Sunil Narine changes his stance completely and nails the switch hit over point  for a boundary.
7.2: Kagiso Rabada to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Just wide!
7.3 : 7.3: Kagiso Rabada to Sunil Narine, FOUR! FIFTY FOR NARINE! Yet another half-century for him and a quick-fire one as well. This is short of a length and outside off, Sunil Narine tries to cut it away, gets a top edge that flies over short third man for a boundary. Narine celebrates by pointing the bat towards his team's hut.
7.5 : 7.5: Kagiso Rabada to Phil Salt, FOUR! Nicely played! Pitched up and angling into the pads, Phil Salt goes down and swipes it away wide of short fine leg for four more more runs.
7.6 : 7.6: Kagiso Rabada to Phil Salt, SIX! BANG! Absolute Carnage in Kolkata! Kagiso Rabada bowls this slower, back of a length and on middle, Phil Salt waits for it this time and pulls it over the vacant deep backward square leg fence for a biggie. That also brings up the 100-run partnership between the openers.
8.1 : 8.1: Rahul Chahar to Sunil Narine, SIX! Fine use of the feet! This is tossed up and around middle, Sunil Narine skips down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and tonks it over the bowler's head for a maximum.
8.4 : 8.4: Rahul Chahar to Phil Salt, Four!
9.1 : 9.1: Harshal Patel to Sunil Narine, FOUR! A bit streaky!
9.3 : 9.3: Harshal Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Down the ground! Harshal Patel tries the slower one, full and on middle, in the slot as well, Sunil Narine picks it up early, gets under it well and smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie.
9.5 : 9.5: Harshal Patel to Phil Salt, SIX! Phil Salt's turn now! Harshal Patel takes pace off again but bowls this right in the slot, Phil Salt clears his front leg away and launches it high and handsomely over the long on fence for another maximum.
10.2 : 10.2: Rahul Chahar to Sunil Narine, OUT! c Jonny Bairstow b Rahul Chahar.
10.4 : 10.4: Rahul Chahar to Venkatesh Iyer, Four!
12.1 : 12.1: Sam Curran to Phil Salt, SIX! Just past long off! Curran bowls this fuller and outside off, Phil Salt gets down on one knee and drills it straight past long off for a maximum.  
12.2 : 12.2: Sam Curran to Phil Salt, Six!
12.3 : 12.3: Sam Curran to Phil Salt, OUT! b Sam Curran.
12.5 : 12.5: Sam Curran to Andre Russell, FOUR! Just gets enough to get off the mark with a boundary. Sam Curran digs this one short with pace on it, over off, Andre Russell is caught off guard and looks to ramp and manages to get the top half of the willow on it sending the ball over the keeper's head for four runs. 
13.2 : 13.2: Rahul Chahar to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! How well was that placed? Top shot! Chahar flights this one into the stumps on a fuller length, Venkatesh Iyer gets low on one knee and sweeps it past deep square leg for a boundary. 
14.3 : 14.3: Harpreet Brar to Andre Russell, SIX! That's smoked!
14.6 : 14.6: Harpreet Brar to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! A great over this for Kolkata and they will now look to press hard!
15.1 : 15.1: Arshdeep Singh to Andre Russell, SIX! BOOM! Dre Russ connects this time alright! Arshdeep Singh tries the yorker but misses it and bowls this in the slot, on middle, Andre Russell clears his front leg and dispatches it over the bowler's head for a biggie.
15.2 : 15.2: Arshdeep Singh to Andre Russell, DROPPED AND FOUR! Sloppy again from Punjab! This is full and outside off once more, Andre Russell goes for the big slog but gets an outside edge behind, Jitesh Sharma dives to his right to grab it with his right hand but only parries it away to the third man fence for a boundary. It would have carried to Ashutosh Sharma at wide first slip if Jitesh left it.
15.3 : 15.3: Arshdeep Singh to Andre Russell, OUT! c Harshal Patel b Arshdeep Singh.
16.3: Kagiso Rabada to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Fine shot! Kagiso Rabada lands this back of a length, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer gets the chance to free hs arms and smashes it over extra covers for a boundary.
17.3: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Got hold of that one!
17.4 : 17.4: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Glorious shot! Sam Curran serves this full and outside off, Shreyas Iyer holds his shape nicely and thrashes it wide of long off for a boundary now.
17.5 : 17.5: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Into the crowd! Best of the lot this one! Sam Curran pitches it up, on the pads, Shreyas Iyer uses the flick of the wrists brilliantly and whips it way over the deep square leg fence for another biggie.
17.6 : 17.6: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, SIX MORE! Skipper on fire at his own den! Sam Curran continues with his fuller length, outside off this time, Shreyas Iyer fetches it, opens the face of the bat slightly in the end and thumps it over the deep point fence for the third maximum of the over.
18.1 : 18.1: Arshdeep Singh to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! ANOTHER ONE! Venkatesh Iyer joins the party now!
18.3 : 18.3: Arshdeep Singh to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER!
19.1 : 19.1: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Put away! Harshal Patel bowls a full toss, outside off, Rinku Singh only has to get some bat on that and slices it over short third man for a boundary. 250 up for Kolkata now!
19.2 : 19.2: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, OUT! TAKEN! A fantastci catch!
19.3 : 19.3: Harshal Patel to Ramandeep Singh, SIX! BANG! Ramandeep Singh gets off the mark in style!
19.6 : 19.6: Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! RUN OUT! An anti-climatic end to the innings then!
0.4 : 0.4: Dushmantha Chameera to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Width on offer and Jonny Bairstow pounces on it with full authority! Chameera bowls this on a good length outside off, Jonny Bairstow waits back in the crease and crisply times the punch through covers for the first boundary of the innings. 
1.3 : 1.3: Harshit Rana to Prabhsimran Singh, SIX! BANG! Prabhsimran Singh gets going now! This is pitched up, on middle, angling into the pads again, Prabhsimran Singh uses the flick of the wrists and whips it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.
1.5 : 1.5: Harshit Rana to Prabhsimran Singh, SIX! BOOM! Harshit Rana bangs this short and just outside off, Prabhsimran Singh uses the pace of the ball and with the bottom hand ramps it over the third man fence for another maximum.
2.1 : 2.1: Dushmantha Chameera to Prabhsimran Singh, SIX! That is some shot! Dushmantha Chameera bowls this fuller at 149 clicks and around off, Prabhsimran Singh moves across nicely and nails the scoop, the ball goes flat and over the fine leg fence for a biggie.
2.3 : 2.3: Dushmantha Chameera to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! Up and over! This is pitched up and around off, Prabhsimran Singh frees his arms and smacks it over the extra covers for a boundary.
2.4 : 2.4: Dushmantha Chameera to Prabhsimran Singh, SIX MORE! Prabhsimran Singh is in the mood here! A slower one, full and on off, Prabhsimran Singh picks it up way early, waits for it and lifts it over the long off fence for a maximum.
2.6 : 2.6: Dushmantha Chameera to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! 23 runs of the over! Dushmantha Chameera continues with the off-pace deliveries, full and on middle, Prabhsimran Singh comes down the track and lofts it over the bowler's head for four more runs.
3.2 : 3.2: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Gets it through this time! Shorter in length again, on middle, Jonny Bairstow gives himself some room and punches it sweetly through extra covers for a boundary.
3.4 : 3.4: Anukul Roy to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! A bit streaky!
4.1 : 4.1: Sunil Narine to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! Prabhsimran Singh greets Sunil Narine with a boundary! This is floated, full and on off, Prabhsimran Singh goes down across and swipes it through square leg for four runs.
4.2 : 4.2: Sunil Narine to Prabhsimran Singh, SIX! FIFTY FOR PRABHSIMRAN! Just what Punjab needed and he has got to his half-century in just 18 balls. This is tossed up, full and on middle, Prabhsimran Singh goes down again and nails his slog-sweep over the deep square leg fence for a biggie this time.
5.1 : 5.1: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! That's a great delivery and Jonny Bairstow gets lucky on this one. 
5.2 : 5.2: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Needs no luck on that one because that one is smoked outta here! Tossed up into the stumps, Jonny Bairstow clears his front leg and clubs it high in the night sky over mid-wicket for a maximum. 
5.3 : 5.3: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Sheer power on that one! Another tossed-up delivery outside off, Jonny Bairstow drives it uppishly over cover for four more runs. 
5.4 : 5.4: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, Four!
5.5 : 5.5: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! HUGE! Bowls this nicely in the hitting arc around middle and leg, Jonny Bairstow tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 
5.6 : 5.6: Anukul Roy to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! run out (Sunil Narine).
7.2 : 7.2: Harshit Rana to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Up, up and over! Rana takes pace off and attacks the stumps on a fuller length, Jonny Bairstow stays deep in the crease and flicks it beautifully over long on for a maximum. 
7.4 : 7.4: Harshit Rana to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! Didn't get all off it but gets enough! Rana digs this short over off, Rilee Rossouw rides on the bounce and pulls it off the upper half of the bat to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. 
8.5 : 8.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jonny Bairstow, Six!
9.2 : 9.2: Andre Russell to Jonny Bairstow, Four!
9.4 : 9.4: Andre Russell to Rilee Rossouw, SIX! Rilee Rossouw joins the act now!
10.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Connects this time! Gives this one some more air, full and on off, Jonny Bairstow goes for the big shot, mistimes it a bit, but generates enough power for it to sail over long off for a biggie.
10.5 : 10.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Fine shot! Varun Chakaravarthy bowls this quicker, full and on middle, Jonny Bairstow stays deep in his crease and lifts it over the bowler's head for a boundary now. 
10.6 : 10.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Into the stands! Varun Chakaravarthy drags his length back around off, Jonny Bairstow does well to fetch it and swats it over the deep mid-wicket fence for another maximum. 17 runs off the over!
11.1 : 11.1: Andre Russell to Rilee Rossouw, SIX! Clean as a whistle! Andre Russell goes a touch fuller, on middle, Rilee Rossouw stays back and heaves it away over the deep square leg fence for a maximum.
11.3 : 11.3: Andre Russell to Jonny Bairstow, SIX MORE! This is some hitting from Punjab! Back of a length and on middle, Jonny Bairstow swivels and pulls it over the deep square leg fence for another biggie.
11.4 : 11.4: Andre Russell to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! MASSIVE HIT! Andre Russell takes pace off, back of a length again, on middle, Jonny Bairstow waits for it and slaps it into the second tier over the deep square leg fence for six more runs.
12.1 : 12.1: Sunil Narine to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Finds the gap! Sunil Narine lands this short and outside off, Jonny Bairstow rocks back and cuts it away nicely past point for a boundary.
12.3 : 12.3: Sunil Narine to Rilee Rossouw, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! It is that man Sunil Narine who gets the breakthrough!
13.1 : 13.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Shashank Singh, SIX! Up, up and over! Tossed up, full and around leg, Shashank Singh picks it up nicely and smashes it it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.
13.2 : 13.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Shashank Singh, SIX! Here he goes again!
15.1 : 15.1: Harshit Rana to Shashank Singh, Four!
16.2 : 16.2: Dushmantha Chameera to Shashank Singh, SIX! BANG! Pitches this one fuller in the slot outside off, Shashank Singh takes a step closer to the line and lofts it over cover for a maximum. 
16.4 : 16.4: Dushmantha Chameera to Shashank Singh, NO BALL and SIX! Wow, that's presence of mind! Chameera looks for the wide yorker and bowls a full toss outside off, Shashank Singh gets across the line and scoops it over short fine leg for a maximum. The umpire calls it a no-ball for above waist height and Kolkata review it.
16.6 : 16.6: Dushmantha Chameera to Shashank Singh, SIX! That sounded sweet off the bat and Punjab have racked 18 off the over. Chameera bowls this right in the arc on a length just around off, Shashank Singh whips it over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. Punjab now just need 34 runs off last 3 overs.
17.2 : 17.2: Harshit Rana to Shashank Singh, SIX! Stand and deliver stuff! Pitched on a back of a length, outside off, Shashank Singh waits deep in the crease and pulls it over mid-wicket for a maximum.
17.3 : 17.3: Harshit Rana to Shashank Singh, Six!
17.4 : 17.4: Harshit Rana to Shashank Singh, FOUR! They are now in a hurry! Rana overpitches this outside off, Shashank Singh gets across and slashes it past deep cover for a boundary. 
17.6 : 17.6: Harshit Rana to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Jonny Bairstow you beauty! Rana bowls this full and outside off with pace off, Jonny Bairstow reads it right and just lofts it over long off for a maximum. Punjab just need 9 more runs to make history!
18.1 : 18.1: Ramandeep Singh to Shashank Singh, Six!