- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 First wicket. A short ball angling towards the bower. Karan goes for the pull but the ball hits him high on the bat and goes straight up. Shardul takes a couple of steps forward from short midwicket and settles under it 14/110.1 De Kock departs as well. It was full around off, a googly. De Kock went for the slog sweep but got more height on it than distance. Russell moved to his left from deep midwicket, settled under it, and completed the catch by falling on his back 73/56.3 with the field spread now, Mankad holes out. Was short of length at the stumps. He backed away and went aerial over covers. Didn't get it from the middle of the bat though and Harshit runs in from sweeper cover to take it comfortably 55/26.5 another short ball, much nastier than the previous one. Much higher as well. Stoinis once again fends at it, gets a glove and the ball lobs towards the flying slip where Iyer takes an easy catch 55/39.4 Narine strikes in his first over. Bowled at 99.6kph, on a length around leg stump. Krunal goes for the slog sweep but fails to middle it. Rinku runs in to his left and takes the catch near deep square leg 71/417.6 Narine bowls this one wide outside off. Badoni looks to repeat the shot but gets a top-edge and Shardul from deep midwicket moves to his left to take the catch 147/618.3 full but further outside off this time. Pooran throws his bat at it but fails to middle and holes out to wide third man 159/718.5 a length ball around off. Bishnoi swings across, misses, and the ball hits the top of the off stump 162/8Extras12 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL176/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.8)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Karan Sharma, 2.3 ov), 2-55 (Prerak Mankad, 6.3 ov), 3-55 (Marcus Stoinis, 6.5 ov), 4-71 (Krunal Pandya, 9.4 ov), 5-73 (Quinton de Kock, 10.1 ov), 6-147 (Ayush Badoni, 17.6 ov), 7-159 (Nicholas Pooran, 18.3 ov), 8-162 (Ravi Bishnoi, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Harshit Rana 3 0 21 1 7.00 11 3 1 0 0 VG Arora 4 0 30 2 7.50 9 1 1 3 1 CV Varun 4 0 38 1 9.50 10 4 2 0 0 N Rana 1 0 3 0 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 SN Thakur 2 0 27 2 13.50 3 0 3 1 1 SP Narine 4 0 28 2 7.00 8 2 1 1 0 Suyash Sharma 1 0 12 0 12.00 2 1 1 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 12 0 12.00 2 1 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.6 Gone, the spinners keep striking for LSG! Looked like the ball kept low there. Yup, it skidded through off the pitch. Krunal bowled it on the shorter side of a length on middle and leg, as it straightened after pitching, and just zipped through quickly to hit middle stump. Roy wanted to clip across the line but missed, even as the ball kept low and he was done in 82/35.5 chipped to extra cover! Simple catch for Bishnoi. Iyer looked to punch at this ball, which was short and turning away. But looked like the stopped before coming on to him, even as it bounced comfortably enough for a back-foot punch. Anyway, Gowtham strikes after a rapid powerplay for KKR 61/18.3 ballooned to extra cover! That is 100 T20 wickets for Bishnoi too. Even so, signs of the ball stopping on the pitch before coming on to the batter. So Nitish is beaten by the slowness of the pitch, as much as by the delivery itself. It was shortish outside off, and turning away while bouncing considerably. Nitish half-pulled and half-poked, as the ball took off from the top edge 78/213.4 juggling catch by Bishnoi! One, two and in at the third attempt. He was placed at point, where Gurbaz skied the ball after trying to loft at this length ball which was slightly wide of off. But Thakur had taken pace off there, and so Gurbaz was beaten. There was no timing, as the ball flew up for Bishnoi to gobble it eventually 108/415.4 the off stump is gone! Russell was eyeing the leg-side boundary this time, hoicking hard across the line but getting beaten completely. Bishnoi pulled his length back to go on a short of a length around off, as the ball shaped to turn in from outside off. Russell swung early, and had to walk back 120/517.4 taken at deep backward square! The longer boundary comes into play, and Thakur fails to clear it. It was a short delivery pitching on middle, and climbing nicely after pitching. Thakur looked to pull, but the bounce got the better of him, as he almost swivelled while pulling. The ball got high on to his bat, and flew towards the fielder 134/617.6 low full toss, angling into off. Sliced to point, who gets a hand while diving to his right. And, and... there is a quick throw to the keeper, who breaks the stumps quickly. LSG appeal for run-out, and the third umpire finds Narine well short. The ball had dribbled towards deep third after tickling the point fielder's hands, as the throw arrived bang close to the wicket 136/7Extras9 (lb 4, w 5)TOTAL175/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.75)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Venkatesh Iyer, 5.5 ov), 2-78 (Nitish Rana, 8.3 ov), 3-82 (Jason Roy, 9.6 ov), 4-108 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 13.4 ov), 5-120 (Andre Russell, 15.4 ov), 6-134 (Shardul Thakur, 17.4 ov), 7-136 (Sunil Narine, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohsin Khan 1 0 15 0 15.00 2 2 1 0 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 4 0 46 0 11.50 8 6 2 0 0 KH Pandya 4 0 30 1 7.50 9 5 0 0 0 K Gowtham 4 0 26 1 6.50 9 2 0 2 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 23 2 5.75 10 1 1 0 0 Yash Thakur 3 0 31 2 10.33 9 1 3 3 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 May 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Lucknow Super Giants 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (36 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 55/2 in 6.3 overs (Q de Kock 21)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (80 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 107/5 in 14.0 overs (A Badoni 9, N Pooran 26)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (A Badoni 12, N Pooran 38, Ex 0)
- Over 16.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - N Pooran (Struck down)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (111 balls), Extras 10
- N Pooran: 50 off 28 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Lucknow Super Giants - 176/8 in 20.0 overs (K Gowtham 11, Naveen-ul-Haq 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (JJ Roy 30, VR Iyer 22, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 61/1 in 6.0 overs (JJ Roy 36, N Rana 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 120/5 in 15.4 overs (RK Singh 21)
- Over 17.1: Review by Lucknow Super Giants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - SN Thakur (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 7
- RK Singh: 50 off 27 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
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