Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Score: Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 155 runs. LSG fast bowler Mohsin Khan single-handedly destroyed Kolkata’s batting line-up. Mohsin Khan has become only the third bowler to have taken a 5-wicket haul for the Lucknow team in IPL. Rinku Singh played a heart-winning inning of 83 runs in 51 balls.
In this match being played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Kolkata team came to bat first. Kolkata had lost 4 wickets within the first 31 runs. Cameron Green scored 34 runs, but captain Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert and Ankrish Raghuvanshi also flopped. The wicket of Raghuvanshi was controversial, he was declared out for OBS (Obstructing the Field).
Rinku Singh fought alone, hit 5 consecutive sixes
When Rinku Singh came to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders’ score was 31/4 in 6.1 overs. Rinku Singh did not let the dam of patience break till the 18th over of the innings. Till the 18th over he had scored 43 runs in 40 balls. Rinku Singh faced 11 out of the last 12 balls, in which he hit 5 sixes and one four. Rinku scored 40 runs in the last 11 balls of her innings. Kolkata team crossed the mark of 150 runs by adding 43 runs in the last 2 overs. Rinku Singh also hit 4 consecutive sixes in the last over of the innings off Digvesh Rathi.
Mohsin Khan created history
Mohsin Khan is only the third bowler to take a 5-wicket haul for Lucknow Super Giants in the history of IPL. Before him, only Mark Wood and Yash Thakur have done this. In this match, Mohsin took 5 wickets for just 23 runs in 4 overs. He made Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell and Anukul Roy his victims.
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