Ravi Bishnoi to Rinku Singh, SIX, LSG win by 4 runs. They look a relieved a bunch. Pooran having a few words with Bishnoi. Flighted outside off,
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KKR vs LSG: Head To Head
Teams | Matches Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Highest Score | Lowest Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KKR | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 137 |
LSG | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 101 |
KKR vs LSG: Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya.
Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, RS Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan.
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Avesh Khan to Rinku Singh, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
Thakur to Rinku Singh, FOUR, to deep extra cover
Akash Deep to Venkatesh Iyer, out Caught by Markram!! Venkatesh Iyer c Markram b Akash Deep 45(29) [4s-6 6s-1]
Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, out Caught by Pant!! Game on! LSG have come roaring back in the last 3 overs. They have picked a wicket in each of those overs and also kept the scoring rate in check. Angkrish attempts something fancy and pays the price. Full toss outside off, could have been smashed anywhere but Angkrish tries the reverse scoop and gets it high on the bat, Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Pant b Avesh Khan 5(4) [4s-1]
Thakur to Rahane, out Caught by Pooran!! Would you believe it? Rahane falls to a full toss. Thigh-high and Rahane has chipped it straight to extra cover. Pooran pouches and throws the ball up in the air. A pretty weird over - five wides, a streaky boundary and a wicket off a full toss.
Thakur to Rahane, wide, 135.3kph, Pant claps but that's been wided again. Off-speed delivery, full and wide of the tramline, Rahane throws his bat at it for a drive and misses. Shardul wants it to review as the batter moved a bit but Pant isn't interested
Digvesh Rathi to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, 90.5kph, Venkatesh Iyer moves across even before the ball is delivered. Digvesh Rathi bowls full and outside off, Iyer
Avesh Khan to Rahane, FOUR, 26-ball half-ton for Ajinkya Rahane! Avesh Khan tries the wide yorker, Rahane walks across, gets low and paddles it fine of short fine leg. Top knock from the skipper who raises his bat
Over summary (6-10)-> Rahane and Narine punish LSG pacers, smash 90 runs in the powerplay-> Rathi comes into the attack, breaks the partnership - Narine is caught at long-off-> LSG spinnners - Rathi and Bishnoi bowling in tandem-> Game ON as KKR need 110 runs in the final 10 overs
Ravi Bishnoi to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX, high and long! 93.9kph,
Ravi Bishnoi to Rahane, FOUR, 96kph, not a short ball, Rahane goes deep in his crease, stays low and cuts it to the right of backward point. Good start to the over for KKR once again
Ravi Bishnoi to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, second boundary of the over! Trifle short,
Digvesh Rathi to Narine, out Caught by Markram!! Digvesh Rathi strikes! He's been Pant's go-to man this season. It's the googly on a full length outside off, Narine throws his bat at it and doesn't generate enough power on it. Markram moves to his right and takes a sliding catch at long-off.
Much-needed breather for LSG who have been taken to the cleaners in the powerplay. The asking rate for KKR was close to 12 RPO at the start of the run-chase and they've brought it down to 10.64.
Akash Deep to Rahane, FOUR, 139.8kph, cracking shot! Akash Deep serves width outside off and Rahane superbly punch-drives it behind square on the off-side. Reaches the fence in a jiffy
Thakur to Narine, SIX, the bottom hand comes off the bat handle but the ball has the wings to go all the way. Another off-cutter from Shardul Thakur. Fullish length outside off, Narine is through with his lofted shot early. Off the bottom part of the bat and it's gone all the way over wide long-off
Akash Deep to de Kock, out Lbw!! Another review! This time for lbw. Akash Deep is confident and so is the LSG captain. de Kock shapes to hoick across the line and gets beaten on the inside edge to get hit on the back leg. Is it pitching in line? Yes, it is!
Akash Deep to de Kock, SIX, you can't bowl there! Length ball on the pads,
Thakur to Narine, FOUR, edged and four! 114.8kph, slower ball on a short of length outside off
Akash Deep to de Kock, 1 run, 138.8kph, back of a length, de Kock hangs back and guides it behind square on the off-side. 16 runs off the opening over
Vaibhav Arora to Pooran, 1 run, not a bad over from Vaibhav. Just 11 runs. He goes pace off and Pooran is through the heave early, ends up dragging it off the inner half to deep backward square and has to be content with a single
Harshit Rana to Pooran, FOUR, to backward square leg
Harshit Rana to Abdul Samad, out Bowled!! Some respite for Rana and KKR. They not only get a wicket but have managed to keep Pooran at the other end for two balls.
Russell to Pooran, SIX, to long-off
Harshit Rana to Pooran, SIX, 21-ball fifty for Pooran. He's on a purple patch this season. Everyone in that LSG dugout has a smile on his face as he raises his bat to acknowledge the applause.
Russell to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Why was he held back? Only Rahane and KKR management can answer that question. Russell has this knack of picking wickets and breaking partnerships and he was not used till now.
Narine to Pooran, SIX, there he goes. Slightly closer to off-stump and Pooran just lofts through the line.
Narine to Pooran, SIX, this was a battle that Narine used to fancy but Pooran is a changed batter now.
Narine to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, straightaway called into action and Angkrish saves a couple.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Pooran, SIX, to deep extra cover
Vaibhav Arora to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, easy pickings! A gift for Mitchell Marsh down the leg-side and all the batsman had to do is get some bat on it. Flicks it away to the fine leg boundary with nonchalance. LSG proving to be this year's SRH. This is what the SRH batters used to do last season
Vaibhav Arora to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, to deep square leg
Harshit Rana to Markram, out Bowled!! Harshit Rana breaks the opening partnership. A slower delivery by him, an off-break and that has breached Markram's defence. Tried to push at it, got beaten and the stumps have been shattered. Markram walks back after playing a fine knock. Has set the platform for a massive first innings score.
Narine to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, to deep extra cover
Varun Chakaravarthy to Markram, 2 runs, full and straight on off, Markram drives it through covers for a couple of runs
Harshit Rana to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, Mitchell Marsh joins the party now! A slower delivery by Harshit Rana, was pitched up by the pacer and Mitchell Marsh thumps it right over the bowler's head for a towering six. Right into the sightscreen for a 90m six
Varun Chakaravarthy to Markram, no run, tad short outside off, some extra bounce as Markram fends it into the off-side
Spencer Johnson to Markram, SIX, shot!
Spencer Johnson to Markram, FOUR, to long-off
Vaibhav Arora to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, drifting on the pads, Mitchell Marsh flicks it uppishly through the on-side, gets it past the fielder stationed there and takes a couple of runs
Spencer Johnson to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
Vaibhav Arora to Mitchell Marsh, no run, lovely over by Vaibhav Arora. Only three runs from it. A length ball at the pads as Mitchell Marsh nudges it to mid-wicket with a clsoed bat
Vaibhav Arora to Markram, no run