Kolkata won by 98 runs, defeated Lucknow for the second time

The 54th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and decided to bowl first. Kolkata scored 236 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. Lucknow was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 98 runs. Kolkata, after losing the toss and opting to bat first, scored 235 runs after losing six wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the stormy innings of Sunil Narine. In reply, Lucknow was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Lucknow’s batting order was a flop in this match.

status of marks table
With this win, Kolkata reached first place in the points table with 16 points. At the same time, Lucknow’s net run rate became -0.371 and the team reached fifth position. Lucknow will now play its next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 8. At the same time, Kolkata will be seen playing the 60th match of IPL at home against Mumbai Indians on 11th May.

Lucknow’s innings
Chasing the target of 236 runs, Lucknow did not get off to a good start. The first blow to the team came at the score of 20 runs. Arshin Kulkarni, who came in as an impact player, was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. He could score only nine runs. The team got the second blow in the form of KL Rahul who returned after scoring 25 runs. Apart from Marcus Stoinis, no batsman played in this match. He played an inning of 36 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes. Against Kolkata, Deepak Hooda scored five runs, Nicholas Puran scored 10, Ayesha Badoni scored 15, Turner scored 16 runs, Krunal Pandya scored five runs, Yudhveer Singh scored seven runs, Ravi Bishnoi scored two runs. Whereas Naveen-ul-Haq remained unbeaten without scoring any runs, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty took three wickets each for Kolkata. Apart from this, Russell got two successes and Mitchell Starc and Sunil Narine got one success each.