It was a must win match for Kolkata Knight Riders to qualify for the playoffs of the Indian Premier League of this year but Lucknow Super Giants came out with strong planning and they showcased an amazing batting power in the middle and presented a massive total in front of Kolkata Knight Riders, but they replied really well but the luck was not in the side of Kolkata Knight Riders as they fall short by two runs and disqualified for the playoffs of this year. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Lucknow Super Giants versus Kolkata Knight Riders.
Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat first in the middle. The opening pair of the team showcased their muscles in the middle as the sensational batsman Quinton de Kock blasted in the middle as he smashed 140 runs in his account from just 70 deliveries. It is worth mentioning that he smashed 10 sixes and 10 fours in his sensational innings.
The captain of the side KL Rahul provided awesome support from the other side as he smashed 68 from just 51. The performance of the duo made the bowling department of Kolkata Knight Riders helpless as they failed to challenge for a single time in the innings.
Lucknow Super Giants finished their innings at a massive 210 runs on the board after 20 overs.
In the reply, Mohsin Khan provided a sensational start to Lucknow Super Giants as he went back the opening pair of the Kolkata Knight Riders very cheaply.
But Nitish Rana and the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders – Shreyas Iyer presented superb innings in the middle and they scored 42 and 50 runs respectively which made the fans of the Kolkata Knight Riders believe that they are in the game.
Sam Billings was dismissed for just 36 and the sensational all-rounder of the team Andre Russell disappointed everyone as he went back to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs in his account from 11 deliveries.
However, Rinku Singh muscled in the middle as he smashed 40 from 15 and Sunil Narine smashed 21 from just 7. The dismissal of Rinku Singh was the crucial turn out of the game as Umesh Yadav was clean bowled on the very first ball which he faced and the Lucknow Super Giants registered a sensational 2 victory in the game.
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