When the opening batsmen created havoc on the field, they scored 210 runs in 20 overs without getting out; Story of IPL match of 18 May 2022

IPL 2022 KKR Vs LSG Match Highlights: 18 May 2022, DY Patil Sports Academy of Mumbai and face to face Kolkata Knight Riders (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Lucknow Supergiants (Lucknow Super Giants) The team of… Hardly anyone would have thought that this match will be recorded in the golden pages in the history of IPL.. We are saying this because in this match, KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock performed such a feat, which had never happened before in IPL.

Actually, in this match, Lucknow Supergiants won the toss and batted first and scored 210 runs in 20 overs without losing any wicket. wicketkeeper batsman quinton de kock And captain KL Rahul batted brilliantly. De Kock remained unbeaten on 140 and Rahul remained unbeaten on 68 runs.

How many fours and sixes did De Kock and Rahul hit?

De Kock batted at a strike rate of 200 and hit 10 sixes and 10 fours in his 70-ball innings. At the same time, Rahul batted at a strike rate of more than 133 in his innings of 51 balls and hit 4 sixes and 3 fours. This was the first time in IPL history, when both the openers of a team batted the entire 20 overs.

Why is this match considered memorable?

This match is considered to be one of the most memorable and exciting matches in the history of IPL. The unbeaten partnership of 210 runs for the first wicket between De Kock and Rahul was the third highest partnership for any wicket in IPL history and the highest opening partnership at that time. De Kock’s unbeaten 140 runs was the third highest individual score in IPL history.

Did KKR accept defeat easily?

KKR did not give up while chasing the huge target of 211 runs set by LSG. The excitement continued till the last ball of the match. The innings of Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer kept KKR in the match. In the last over, KKR needed 21 runs to win. Rinku Singh brought the equation to 3 runs in 2 balls by hitting 4, 6, 6 and 2 runs on the balls of Marcus Stoinis.

What was the turning point of the match?

The turning point of the match was the catch of Evin Lewis. Rinku Singh played a big shot on the fifth ball of Stoinis, which was converted into an incredible catch by Evin Lewis while running with one hand. Rinku was out after scoring 40 runs in 15 balls. KKR needed 3 runs on the last ball, but Stoinis bowled Umesh Yadav.

KKR could score only 208 runs for 8 wickets. In this way, Lucknow Super Giants won this match by just 2 runs. With this win, LSG had qualified for the playoffs. Quinton de Kock was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his unbeaten inning of 140 runs. A total of 27 sixes were hit in this match. Out of these, LSG hit 14 sixes and KKR hit 13 sixes.

KKR vs LSG: A look

• The opening pair from KKR broke on the fourth ball of the first over without adding any runs. Venkatesh Iyer was caught by Quinton de Kock on the ball of Mohsin Khan without opening the account.
• After this, the second opener Abhijeet Tomar also became the second victim of Mohsin Khan by scoring 4 runs. His wicket fell on the fourth ball of the third over. At that time the team’s score was only 9 runs.
• There was a partnership of 56 runs on 27 balls between Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket. When Rana was out, the team’s score was 65 runs. Rana was out after scoring 42 runs in 22 balls. He was caught out by K Gautam and Stoinis.
• After this, there was a partnership of 66 runs in 40 balls between Iyer and Sam Billings for the fourth wicket. Iyer was out after scoring 50 runs in 29 balls. When his wicket fell, the team’s score was 131 runs.
• KKR lost the fifth wicket in the form of Sam Billings on 142 runs, sixth wicket in the form of Andre Russell on the score of 150, seventh wicket in the form of Rinku Singh on the score of 208 runs and eighth wicket in the form of Umesh Yadav.
• Andre Russell scored 5, Sam Billings scored 36 and Umesh Yadav was out without opening the account. Rinku Singh played a stormy inning of 40 runs in 15 balls. However, he could not lead the team to victory. Sunil Narine remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 7 balls.
• For LSG, Mohsin Khan and Marcus Stoinis took 3-3 wickets, while Krishnappa Gautam and Ravi Bishnoi took 1-1 wicket.

What did ‘Player of the Match’ de Kock say?

Quinton de Kock, who became the Player of the Match, said about the last over, “I thought Stoinis would easily save the match, but the first three balls hit fours and sixes, then it seemed the match was out of our hands. Then came that catch… that catch turned the match… as they say, good catches win the match.”

What did KL Rahul say?

• KL Rahul gave a funny reaction regarding the match. He said, “I should get more money for such matches.”
• Rahul said that such exciting matches were less in this season. The match went till the last ball. We could have lost also.
• The LSG captain praised Marcus Stoinis in the last over. He said that Stoinis bowled brilliantly on the last two balls. Stick to plan under pressure. This made the difference in the match.
• Praising the team, Rahul said that De Kock was in great form. The team wanted such big scores. In such a situation, Evin Lewis’s catch was the turning point of the match.
• The Lucknow captain also praised young fast bowler Mohsin Khan and said, “The way he is playing, he can soon wear Team India’s jersey.”

When did Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan sign an agreement like Gill-de Kock?

In the match played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on 18 May 2025, Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan wrote a new chapter in IPL history by thrashing the Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers. Batting first after losing the toss, Delhi Capitals scored a huge score of 199 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. DC captain KL Rahul batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 112 runs in just 65 balls, which included 14 fours and 4 sixes. Abhishek Porel (30) and Akshar Patel (25) also played brilliant innings.

Chasing the target of 200 runs, Gujarat team did not lose a single wicket and won the match easily by scoring 205 runs in 19 overs. Sudarshan played an inning of 108 runs in just 61 balls, which included 12 fours and 4 sixes. He was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his innings. At the same time, Gill scored unbeaten 93 runs in 53 balls, which included 3 fours and 7 sixes, there was an unbeaten partnership of 205 runs between the two, which is the biggest win by 10 wickets while chasing the target in IPL history.