Why did Lucknow not bowl to Mohsin Khan, who took five wickets, in the super over?
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Mohsin Khan took five wickets for 23 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday night in IPL 2026. Mohsin destroyed KKR’s top order and middle order by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell and Anukul Roy. This was also the fourth best bowling figure of any uncapped player in the IPL. Despite this, Lucknow could not bowl to them in the Super Over.

Mohsin Khan took five wickets against KKR
New Delhi: Mohsin Khan not bowling in the Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders is surprising everyone. Fans want to know why Mohsin Khan, who single-handedly sent half the KKR team into the dugout, was not bowled by Lucknow Supergiants in the Super Over. Uttar Pradesh’s stormy bowler Mohsin had the best bowling performance of his career at his home ground, taking five wickets for 23 runs.
Prince Yadav bowled the super over, not Mohsin Khan
In fact, in IPL 2026, a match was played on Sunday night at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, which sometimes swung here and sometimes there. Mohammed Shami showed the fans the first super over of the season by hitting a six on Karthik Tyagi on the last ball. Batting first, Lucknow lost the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram for just one run and KKR had a target of only two runs. Prince Yadav brought this over for Lucknow.
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