(L to R) Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Salman Khan© X (formerly Twitter)
Punjab Kings completed a record run chase to comprehensively beat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in their IPL 2024 match on Wednesday. Chasing a mammoth target of 262, Jonny Bairstow smashed a sensational century while Shashank Singh continued his brilliant form as PBKS recorded the highest chase in IPL history. The match was also the battle between two Bollywood actors, with PBKS owner Preity Zinta having the last laugh over superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who owns KKR. After the historic win, a 10-year-old tweet from another Bollywood star Salman Khan has gone viral and fans on social media were left stunned by the interaction.
Match bhi jeete aur dil bhi!https://t.co/Aa13Ulvg4s
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 26, 2024
In 2014, Salman posted on X (formerly Twitter): “Zinta's team won kya?”
PBKS reacted after the win over KKR – “Match bhi jeete aur dil bhi!”
Highest scores in a T20 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 amazed by his side's sensational chase.
“Very nice. The most important thing is the victory. Cricket turns into baseball. We have had a few tough weeks. But we persevered. The way the boys train. The confidence and the coaches. The small ground and the dew. reviews that you could give an extra ball and we managed to chase him with a lot of balls. Also for us, Shashank Singh was a great find,” he said during the presentation.
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