Punjab Kings accomplished a file run chase to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders comprehensively by eight wickets of their IPL 2024 match on Friday, Chasing a mammoth goal of 262, Jonny Bairstow slammed a sensational century whereas Shashank Singh continued his sensible run of type as PBKS registered the very best run chase within the historical past of IPL. The match was additionally the battle between two Bollywood actors the place PBKS proprietor Preity Zinta had the ultimate snort over famous person Shah Rukh Khan who owns KKR. Following the historic win, a 10-year-old tweet from one other Bollywood star Salman Khan has gone viral and followers on social media had been left surprised by the interplay.

Match bhi jeete aur dil bhi!https://t.co/Aa13Ulvg4s

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 26, 2024

Again in 2014, Salman posted on X (previously Twitter) – “Zinta’s group gained kya?”

PBKS responded after the win over KKR – “Match bhi jeete aur dil bhi!”

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

PBKS captain Sam Curran was left surprised by the sensational run chase from his facet.

“Very pleasing. Most significantly the win. Cricket is popping into baseball. We’ve had just a few powerful weeks. However we hung in there. The way in which guys prepare. The arrogance and the coaches. The small grounds and the dew. The evaluations which could offer you an additional ball. We hung in there and managed to chase it down with balls to spare. Happy for Johnny. What an incredible knock. Shashank Singh has been the discover of the match for us. Ashutosh as nicely. Pleased with everybody,” he mentioned on the presentation.