Sunil Narine scored 81 runs in 39 balls KL Rahul was dismissed after scoring 33 runs.
New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 98 runs on the back of sharp bowling by the bowlers after Sunil Narine’s scintillating half-century. This is KKR’s 8th win in 11 matches and the Shreyas Iyer captained team has moved to the top of the points table with 16 points. This is Lucknow’s fifth defeat in 11 matches. With this win, KKR is almost certain to make the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals also have the same number of points but KKR are on top based on net run rate. This is LSG’s biggest defeat in terms of runs. The Lucknow team has slipped to the fifth position.
Chasing the target of 235 runs set by Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants were bowled out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. (LSG vs KKR) had a bad start. LSG lost their top 4 wickets on 85. Opener Arshin Kulkarni was out after scoring 9 runs and captain KL Rahul was out after scoring 25 runs in 21 balls. Deepak Hooda contributed 5 runs while Marcus Stoinis returned to the pavilion with 36 runs. Nicholas Puran scored 10 runs while Ayush Badoni was dismissed for 15 runs. Ashton Turner contributed 16 runs. Krunal Pandya returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty took three wickets each for KKR.
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Sunil Narayan played an innings of 81 runs
Earlier, in-form Sunil Narine continued his explosive performance with 81 off 38 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders posted a challenging 235 for 6 against hosts Lucknow Super Giants here on Sunday. Showing his prowess with the bat again, the West Indies player hit seven sixes and six fours during his innings.
Sunil Narayan took advantage of Jeevandan
Narine was given a lifeline twice due to missed catches in the span of two balls. After this, he hit five fours in five balls to set the tone for KKR’s innings. First, he hit consecutive fours off Naveen Ul Haq off the last two balls of the third over. After this he hit three consecutive fours off Mohsin Khan in the fourth over. Narine and Phil Salt (32 runs) gave the two-time champions an explosive start as expected. Both had a quick partnership of 61 runs. But Naveen Ul Haq broke this partnership by sending Salt to the pavilion.
Yash Thakur gave only 2 runs in the last over of Powerplay.
Medium pacer Yash Thakur controlled the run rate and conceded just two runs in the last over of the powerplay. Because of this, KKR’s score became 70 runs for one wicket in six overs. Narine continued to score runs in his familiar style and completed his half-century in 27 balls. He hit three fours off Marcus Stoinis in the 11th over. But Ravi Bishnoi finally managed to end Narine’s innings in the third attempt, off which the all-rounder had missed the catch twice earlier.
Ramandeep Singh scored an unbeaten 25 off 6 balls.
The Lucknow Super Giants bowlers kept the KKR batsmen at bay by taking consecutive wickets. Naveen Ul Haq dismissed Andre Russell (12 runs). Yudhvir Singh, who came as a ‘concussion sub’ for Mohsin Khan, took the wicket of young Angkrish Raghuvanshi (32 runs) in the next over. Then Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen ul Haque ended the innings of Rinku Singh (16 runs). When Thakur dismissed KKR captain Shreyas Iyer (23 runs). But Ramandeep Singh scored an unbeaten 25 off six balls to take KKR to 230.
Tags: KL Rahul, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narayan
First published: May 5, 2024, 23:20 IST