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IPL 2022: Punjab Kings surpass Chennai Super Kings to set astonishing record

By Aman Shukla

Punjab Kings registered a thrilling five-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore to start their IPL 2022 campaign with a big victory. Some fine batting by the top order and Odean Smith’s 8-ball 25 not out blitz helped  Punjab Kings with pursuing down the 206-run target in 19 overs. This was the fourth time in Indian Premier League history that Punjab have chased down a target of over 200 runs. All the while, Punjab Kings surpassed Chennai Super Kings to become the team with most successful chases of 200+ runs.

Before the PBKS vs RCB IPL 2022 game, Punjab and Chennai had both chased down a target of 200+ runs three times. On Sunday night, Punjab took the outright record by blowing RCB away with some power hitting.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have twice chased down targets of above 200.

Punjab Kings will next take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede on Friday while RCB will also be facing KKR on Wednesday at the DY Patil Sports Academy.

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]