KKR defeated Lucknow by eight wickets with the help of opener Phil Salt’s unbeaten half-century.
KKR vs LSG Turning Point of match: The 28th match of IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) restricted Lucknow Super Giants to 161 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs due to the brilliant performance of the bowlers led by fast bowler Mitchell Starc. For Lucknow, Nicholas Puran scored the highest 45 runs in 32 balls with the help of two fours and four fours, while captain KL Rahul scored an inning of 39 runs in 27 balls. KKR was set a target of 162 runs to win.
Chasing the target, KKR defeated Lucknow by eight wickets with the help of opener Phil Salt’s unbeaten half-century. With the help of Salt’s unbeaten inning of 89 runs off 47 balls with the help of 14 fours and three sixes, they won the match by scoring 162 runs for two wickets in 15.4 overs. For KKR, captain Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 38 runs in 38 balls, while for Lucknow, fast bowler Mohsin Khan took both the wickets.
Turning Point of Match (KKR vs LSG Turning Point of match,
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Lucknow’s bad batting
Today again the openers disappointed. The partnership between the two did not flourish due to which the rest of the batsmen found it difficult to settle down at the crease. KL Rahul once again got out today after playing a slow innings. His captaincy innings was missing again today. In the last match also, LSG had batted poorly due to which they had to face defeat. Even after this, they did not learn from that match and even against a strong team like KKR, they set a small target of just 162 runs.
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Salt-Iyer partnership weighs heavy on LSG
In the opening over, Lucknow took 2 wickets in the powerplay with Sunil Narayan. From here he could have a good chance of making a comeback. However, the bowling department also disappointed, with a 120-run partnership between Salt and Iyer leading to LSG’s second consecutive defeat.