Batting first against LSG, KKR scored 235 runs.
The 54th match of IPL 2024 was played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Kolkata won this match by 98 runs. Batting first in the match, KKR scored 235 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Lucknow team was reduced to 137 runs in 16.1 overs.
Sunil Narayan played a stormy innings for KKR.
Sunil Narayan, who came to bat first for the KKR team, batted aggressively and played a stormy innings of 81 runs with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes in 39 balls. Sunil Narayan did not spare any Lucknow bowler and played aggressive shots against everyone. Apart from Narayan, Phil Salt also batted very well and played an explosive inning of 32 runs.
Apart from these two batsmen, in the end Ramandeep Singh made an important contribution of 25* runs in six balls with the help of one four and three sixes. Young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi played an inning of 32 runs while captain Shreyas Iyer scored 23 runs. For Lucknow, Naveen Ul Haq took three wickets for 49 runs in four overs while Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each. Yudhveer Singh Charak also took one wicket.
LSG batsmen flopped
Lucknow, while chasing the target, lost wickets at regular intervals. For the hosts, Marcus Stoinis scored 36 runs in 31 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes while KL Rahul contributed 25 runs. Nicholas Pooran was out on a personal score of 10 runs while Ayush Badoni contributed 15 runs.
Sunil Narayan also performed well with bowling and took one wicket for 22 runs in four overs. Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana took three wickets each while Andre Russell took two wickets. In the end, Kolkata team won the match by 98 runs.
Flood of memes on social media after LSG vs KKR match
Pic 1 – Sunil Narine under Windies mentorship
Pic 2 – #SunilNarine under Gautam Gambhir mentorship 🔥#LSGvKKR #LSGvsKKR #KKRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/5k54h8sXE8— Siju Moothedath (@SijuMoothedath) May 5, 2024
That Narine-Salt pair again😔 pic.twitter.com/OyLkPxPd1B
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 5, 2024
Sunil Narine right now 🔥#KKRvsLSG #LSGvsKKR #LSGvKKR pic.twitter.com/bVbfD2tKX6
— Siju Moothedath (@SijuMoothedath) May 5, 2024
#KKR is losing wickets be like!#LSGvKKR #LSGvsKKR #KKRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/MMHdNfPlQY
— Siju Moothedath (@SijuMoothedath) May 5, 2024
Sunil Narine right now 🔥#KKRvsLSG #LSGvsKKR #LSGvKKR pic.twitter.com/VqgCJXL5bv
— Bhanu Beniwal (@Beniwal9602) May 5, 2024
It was a lot of fun.
My heart has become a garden. #KKRvsLSG #LSGvsKKR #LSGvKKR #IPL2024live #sunilnarine pic.twitter.com/p66U84CVdl— kariketar (@kariketar) May 5, 2024
Sunil Narine and Ramandeep Singh in today’s match v/s LSG 💥
Kolkata Knight Riders is on top 🔝 #KKRvsLSG #GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/g9vflyaUGM
— Hot Topics (@hot_topics07) May 5, 2024
Narine in Orange cap race, Russell in Purple cap race pic.twitter.com/wgpezXzPqX
— BOBBEY (@CalIMeDon) May 5, 2024
KKR NOW TABLE TOPPERS OF THIS IPL 2024…!!!!!#KKRvsLSG #LSGvsKKR #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/UpdVKMoEVG
— CricShow (@LetsCricShow) May 5, 2024
Sunil Narine this season #KKRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/6rj3EDG15b
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) May 5, 2024