KKR Vs RR: Rajasthan made the record of highest run chase in IPL history
- Batting first, Kolkata gave Rajasthan a target of 224 runs.
- Not one or two but many records were made in this match
- Rajasthan won this match by chasing the highest number of runs in history.
The 31st match of IPL 2024 was very exciting. This match played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders was an expensive match in terms of money. Rajasthan has won this match by chasing the highest number of runs in history. Batting first, Kolkata gave Rajasthan a target of 224 runs, which Rajasthan achieved on the last ball of the last over. Explosive records have been made in this match. Not just one or two but many records have been made in this match.
Biggest run chase before this match
In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and made a huge score against Rajasthan. Thanks to Sunil Narine's brilliant century, Kolkata scored 223 runs on the scoreboard. Which is in the name of Rajasthan. Even before this run chase, Rajasthan had the record of chasing the biggest score. In IPL 2020, Rajasthan got the target of 224 runs against Kings 11 Punjab. Now Rajasthan has got the target of 224 runs against Kolkata also.
Butler made these 2 records
The hero of Rajasthan's victory was Josh Butler who scored a brilliant century. Butler has now reached second place in terms of scoring most centuries in IPL. Virat Kohli has the most number of centuries in IPL. King Kohli has scored 8 centuries in IPL, now after scoring a century against Kolkata, Butler has reached second place with 7 centuries. Apart from this, Josh Butler has become the first batsman to score 3 centuries. So far in IPL, no batsman has scored 3 centuries while chasing the target.
Sunil Narayan also made a unique record
Kolkata Knight Riders may have lost the match, but KKR all-rounder Sunil Narine has made a record in his name, which no one has been able to achieve till date. In this match, Sunil was the first to score a century, then when Kolkata came to bowl, Sunil Narine took 2 wickets and also took a catch, becoming the first player to do so. Till date, no player has scored a century, at least one wicket and taken at least one catch in a match.