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KKR Beat LSG: Rinku Singh’s ‘Finishing’ Touch! Kolkata beat Lucknow in Super Over; The match ended with a boundary

By Samira Vishwas

 

  • Rinku Singh’s ‘finishing’ touch!
  • Kolkata beat Lucknow in the Super Over
  • The match ended with a boundary

IPL 2026 The 38th match of the season and the first to include a ‘Super Over’ was played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. In this match Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders These teams came face to face. The match was very exciting between both the teams and eventually Kolkata Knight Riders emerged victorious in the ‘Super Over’. Earlier in the match, LSG captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 155 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, Lucknow Super Giants also scored 155 for 8 in 20 overs, leading to a draw. As a result, the match was settled in a ‘super over’.

KKR win in Super Over

In the Super Over, Lucknow Super Giants batted first. Nicholas Pooran and Aidan Markram were the first two batsmen to come to the crease. Meanwhile, KKR handed the bowling responsibility to Sunil Narine in the Super Over. He ‘clean bowled’ Nicholas Pooran on the very first ball of the Super Over. After Nicholas Pooran was dismissed, captain Rishabh Pant came in to bat. Then, off the third ball, Aiden Markram tried to play a big shot, but it was caught by Rinku Singh. At that time Rovman Powell was fielding on the boundary; He caught the ball and handed it to Rinku Singh to complete the catch.

After these developments, Kolkata Knight Riders needed only 2 runs to win the Super Over. Rinku Singh and Rovman Powell came out to bat for KKR in the Super Over. Rinku Singh took the strike and sealed KKR’s victory by hitting a boundary off the very first ball bowled by LSG’s Prince Yadav.

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Brilliant and explosive batting from Rinku Singh

In this match, Rinku Singh showed his skill and guts for Kolkata Knight Riders while batting in very difficult conditions. He played a brilliant and unbeaten knock of 83 off 51 balls, which helped the entire team to a respectable total. Rinku thrilled the crowd by hitting four consecutive sixes in the last over of the match. His innings included 7 fours and 5 sixes.

At the start of the match, Kolkata Knight Riders had lost their four wickets for just 31 runs, which put the entire team under immense pressure. Then, by the 15th over, the team had reached 93 for 7 wickets; So it was becoming difficult to build a big score. Tim Seifert had to return to the tent without even opening his account, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi managed only 9 runs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for 10 runs, while Rovman Powell managed just 1 run. Cameron Green scored 34 runs, but he too could not put the team in a strong position.

Mohsin took 5 wickets

In this match, Angkrish Raghuvanshi was controversially dismissed for “obstructing fielding”; This decision generated a lot of discussion and controversy. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mohsin Khan delivered a brilliant bowling performance and picked up 5 wickets. He completely destroyed the KKR batting line-up conceding only 23 runs in his 4 overs. Apart from Mohsin, George Linde also managed to dismiss a KKR batsman.

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