Lucknow Supergiants have won the 68th match against Kolkata Knight Riders. IPL 2023 on Saturday. In the match, KKR won the toss and decided to bowl. Electing to bat, LSG scored 176/8 (20 overs). In reply, Kolkata failed to chase down the target and ended with a score of 175/7 (20 overs). In this match played at Kolkata’s home ground, the Krunal PandyaThe team led by K won by one run. With this win, Lucknow has become the third team to qualify for the playoffs.
After Gujarat Giants, Chennai Super Kings won the game and qualified for the playoffs. Furthermore, they finished the league stage second on the points table and will now play Qualifier 1 on Tuesday, May 23. On the other hand, LSG will now face the fourth team that has qualified for the Eliminator on Wednesday, May 24.
Electing to bat, LSG lost wickets at regular intervals and were 73/5 in 10.1 overs. After that, Nicholas Pooran 58(30) and Ayush Badoni 25(21) stitched a 74-run partnership to shift the momentum. However, LSG suffered another batting collapse before Krishnappa Gowtham played an impressive knock of 11 off 4 balls, restricting the total to 176 runs. For KKR, Shardul Thakur (2/27), Sunil Naren (2/28), and Vaibhav Arora (2/30) took two wickets each.
Talking about chasing the target, Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 67 runs in 33 balls. jason roy Scored a 28-ball 45, but it was not enough as KKR could manage 175/7. Ravi Bishnoi (2/23) and Yash Thakur (2/31) took two wickets each for the Super Giants.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: quinton de kock(w), Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Marcus StoinisNicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya (c), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gautam, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy