Kolkata | Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 1 run In the 68th very exciting match of IPL 2023 to make it to the play-off., Kolkata Knight Riders needed 41 runs to win in the last two overs, Rinku Singh scored 20 runs in the 19th over from Naveen-ul-Haq and Kolkata needed 21 runs in the last over. Yash Thakur’s conceded 19 runs in the last over and Kolkata lost the match by 1 run. Rinku Singh, while batting brilliantly, scored an unbeaten 67 off 33 balls.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and invited Lucknow Super Giants to bat first. Lucknow Super Giants scored 176 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran played a brilliant inning of 58 runs off 30 balls. Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur and Vaibhav Arora took 2-2 wickets.
Chasing a score of 176 runs, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ batting fumbled completely, but Rinku Singh, playing an daring innings, scored unbeaten 67 off 33 balls to bring Kolkata closer to the target, but in the end, Kolkata lost by 1 run. Jason Roy played an inning of 45 runs. Ravi Bishnoi and Yash Thakur took 2-2 wickets. Nicholas Pooran was given the man of the match for his brilliant batting.
Brief Scores :
Lucknow Super Giants: 8/176 over 20, Nicholas Pooran 58, Shardul Thakur 2/27, Sunil Narine 2/28, Vaibhav Arora 2/30
Kolkata Knight Riders: 7/175 over 20, Rinku Singh 67 not out, Jason Roy 45, Ravi Bishnoi 2/23, Yash Thakur 2/31