‘Bairstow not a gamble’
Updated On: 28 April, 2024 07:20 AM IST | Kolkata | Arup Chatterjee
After Jonny’s unbeaten 108 guides PBKS to biggest-ever T20 chase against KKR, Impact Player Prabhsimran says there’s no risk in Englishman’s inclusion despite few low scores
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Punjab Kings’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates after their win over Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden on Friday. Pic/PTI
Batting records lay strewn across the Eden Gardens turf on Friday night as Punjab Kings pulled off the biggest chase in T20 history and plunged Kolkata Knight Riders to an eight-wicket defeat. It eclipsed South Africa’s chase of 259 against West Indies last year.
Jonny Bairstow, having sat out a couple of matches after scoring just 96 in six, was back. It proved a masterstroke as he scored an unbeaten 108 off 48 deliveries with eight fours and nine sixes to help PBKS snatch a most unlikely victory. “No, his inclusion wasn’t a gamble. He’s such a big player, and one or two bad innings doesn’t change that,” reminded PBKS’s Impact Player Prabhsimran Singh, who put on 93 off 36 with Bairstow for the first wicket.
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