NEW DELHI: "Cricket is turning into baseball," Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran provided a fitting summary of his team's T20 world record run chase of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Friday.
Fueled by Jonny Bairstow's extraordinary century, Punjab Kings achieved the new world record for the highest run chase in T20 cricket history by surpassing KKR's 261/6 with eight wickets and eight balls to spare.
"Very pleasing. Most importantly the win, cricket has turned to baseball isn't it? We're delighted with the two points," Curran said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
"We had a tough few weeks as a team. Forget about the scores, we deserved this victory."
Asked about the massive scores being put up by teams this IPL season, Curran said, "Loads of different things, guys can hit balls for long periods of time, the coaches, training, the dew, dot balls become wide after reviews and you get the extra ball.
"Stats are going out of the window. For us, it's all about the small moments. With the ball also we hung in there."
Speaking about Bairstow's unbeaten century and Shashank Singh belligerent innings, he said, "Really pleased for Jonny, he's been on tour for a long time and was eager to score.
"Shashank, wow, he was promoted to No. 4 and he's been our find of the season. We've to enjoy the small wins, although this was a big win coming to Kolkata."
