A fantastic crowd of 55,767 was officially present in attendance at the Eden Gardens on a hot summer evening for the IPL fixture between the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS; formerly known as KXIP) on 26 April, 2024.
The Eden crowd was treated to a run-feast by both sets of batsmen. The attendance figure was announced on televsion during the PBKS chase.
Put into bat by PBKS skipper Sam Curran, KKR managed a whopping 261/6 in their 20 overs, riding primarily on the back of quickfire 70’s from openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine.
Punjab though scripted the biggest ever chase in IPL history with Jonny Bairstow (brought in for Liam Livingstone) scoring a century. Prabhsimran and Shashank Singh did their parts too, and PBKS chased down 262 with eight balls to spare!