5 May, 2024 (Sunday)
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Toss: Lucknow Super Giants won the toss & decided to field.
First Innings Summary :
Kolkata Knight Riders batting first, were off to a flying start once again with Phil Salt & Sunil Narine. Both put up a partnership of 61 runs for the 1st wicket. KKR scored 70 runs in the power play losing 1 wicket of Phil Salt. Salt scored 32 off 14 balls. After Salt’s dismissal, power-hitting didn’t stop. Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi added another big partnership of 79 runs. Narine played a powerful innings of 81 runs off just 39 balls. Angkrish also scored an important 32 runs off 26 balls. Rinku made 16 off 11. Kl Rahul took a stunner as Shreyash Iyer got out scoring 23 off 15 balls. Ramandeep Singh scored a quick 25 runs off just 6 balls. KKR put 235 runs on the board losing 6 wickets. Naveen-ul-Haq picked 3 wickets for LSG. Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi & Yudhvir Singh Charak picked 1 wicket each.
Second Innings Summary :
Lucknow Super Giants needed 236 runs to chase down to win the match. LSG had a decent start as they lost Asrin Kulkarni early into the innings. KL Rahul & Marcus Stoinis were playing a good partnership and added 50 runs, but Harshit Rana broke the important partnership in the 7th over. LSG lost back-to-back 3 wickets in 7th, 8th & 10th over. Stoinis was playing a good knock but got out to Russell on 36(21). After that, it was a totally 1 sided game. KKR bowled out LSG for 137 runs and won the match by a huge margin of 98 runs. Harshit Rana & Varun Chakaravarthy picked 3 wickets each. Russell got 2 wickets. Starc & Narine picked 1 wicket each. With this win, KKR confirm their qualifications for the playoffs.
Sunil Narine was named Player of the Match for his 81(39) with the bat and 1-22(4) with the ball.
Upcoming Match:
IPL Match No. 55 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 6 May 2024 (Monday), Time – 7:30 PM
On match number 55 of Tata IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai is already been eliminated from this season’s playoffs but Sunrisers Hyderabad has a chance to qualify. For that, SRH needs to win this match and get 2 points. Mumbai can spoil SRH’s dreams if they win this match on their home turf. Mumbai Indians will always want to finish the season on a high note.
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