KKR VS LSG: In IPL 2026, on Sunday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) performed brilliantly and defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 38th match to reach the Super Over. KKR achieved the target of 2 runs given by LSG in the Super Over at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium with a four off the bat of Rinku.
Batting first, KKR scored 155 runs on the scoreboard after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Lucknow Super Giants also scored 155 runs after losing 8 wickets and the match was tied. Sunil Narine was given the responsibility of bowling for KKR in the Super Over. Narine clean bowled LSG batsman Nicholas Pooran on the very first ball. At the same time, Rishabh Pant scored one run on the second ball.
Aiden Markram also tried to play a big shot on the third ball of the over, but Rovman Powell, while fielding brilliantly on the boundary line, caught the ball going towards a six along with Rinku. LSG team could score only one run in the super over. Rinku Singh, who came to bat for KKR in the Super Over, gave victory to KKR by hitting a four on the very first ball.
Lucknow Super Giants, which set out to chase the target of 156 runs, did not have a good start. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring only 2 runs. After this, Aiden Markram and captain Rishabh Pant made an important partnership of 57 runs for the second wicket. Markram scored 31 runs in 27 balls, while Pant contributed 42 runs in 38 balls. Pant hit 4 fours and one six in his innings. Nicholas Pooran’s poor form continued in this match also and he could score only 9 runs. Mukul Chaudhary became the victim of Anukul Roy after scoring just one run.
Ayush Badoni scored 24 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 sixes. At the same time, George Linde became the victim of Vaibhav Arora after scoring 8 runs. LSG needed 17 runs to win in the last over and Himmat Singh and Mohammed Shami were present at the crease. Shami took one run on the first ball of the over. After this, KKR fast bowler Karthik Tyagi bowled the next two no-balls, on which Himmat was successful in scoring 6 runs.
However, on the third ball, Karthik ended Himmat Singh’s innings of 19 runs in 10 balls. Prince Yadav took one run on the fourth ball of the over, while the fifth ball was a dot. However, Shami hit a powerful six on the last ball of the over and tied the match and took it into the super over. Shami remained unbeaten after scoring 11 runs in 6 balls. In bowling, Varun Chakraborty and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets each for KKR.
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Earlier, batting first, KKR scored 155 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane was out after scoring only 10 runs. At the same time, Tim Seifert returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Angkrish Raghuvanshi could score only 9 runs. Mohsin Khan sent Rovman Powell to the pavilion on the score of one run. Cameron Green scored 34 runs in 21 balls with the help of 3 sixes.
In the last overs, Rinku Singh batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten inning of 83 runs in 51 balls. Rinku hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in this innings. Ramandeep Singh scored 6 runs. Rinku along with Sunil Narine (4 runs not out) added 62 runs in 30 balls for the eighth wicket. In bowling, Mohsin Khan from LSG took 5 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. Whereas, George Linde took one wicket.
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