KKR vs LSG Highlights IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets, Salt and Iyer shine

KKR wins by 8 wickets!

Six more needed!

Bishnoi to Salt who takes a single off of the first delivery. A leg-by single as Salt gets back on strike. A dot-ball next. FOUR!!!! Salt finishes off in style as he pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary!

A short one next by Mohsin that is pulled through deep square for a FOUR!!! SIX NEXT!!!! A short one next as he pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! A single next as Iyer gets on strike. A dot and a single follows. A single to end the over as Salt retains the strike. 

35 needed in 42 balls!

Yash Thakur starts off with a wide-ball. FOUR!!! Salt lofts it over the covers for a boundary. A full-toss next as Salt pulls it behind for FOUR MORE!!! A single follows. A bouncer next that Iyer strikes through mid-wicket for a single. Outside-off next as Salt slashes it through the cover for a FOUR!!!! A short one next that goes for a single. 

Shamar Joseph comes in for his final over. A single to start off the over. Iyers pulls the short ball towards deep square for a FOUR!!!! A wide ball next as Joseph pitches it out-side leg. A dot next. Iyer flicks it behind for a single. A slower one next as Salt slog sweeps it on the on-side, but gets just a single. NO-BALL given! Free-hit but wasted by Iyer. Pitches it outside off next as Iyer slices it through point for another FOUR!!!

Moshin goes for a bouncer in his first delivery, but Iyer misses it, just a dot. Another bouncer which is given a wide. An easy single next. A back of length ball next as Salt pulls it towards deep square for a single. Miscommunication between Salt and Iyer while running as KKR almost gives away a cheap run-out. Another easy single follows as Salt gets on strike. Pitching it outside-off and punished as Salt pulls it behind for a FOUR!!!!!

Bishnoi to Iyer who strikes it straight and for a single off of the first delivery. Another single follows as Salt drives it in the covers. A dot follows. Pitches it outside off next, Iyer strikes it down behind and gets a single. Three dots follow as Bishnoi tries to attack the off-stump. 

Arshad bowls it outside off as Iyer cuts it behind backward point for a FOUR!!!

Fifty partnership comes up for Salt and Iyer!

A leg-by single next. Arshad gets Salt’s inside edge but the ball runs behind again for a FOUR!!! FOUR MORE!!! Salt brings his fifty up as he slashes it through point for a boundary. A dot follows as Salt swings it big but misses the ball. A dot to end the over. 

Bishnoi to Iyer. Batter pulls it through backward square for a FOUR!!! A dot and a wide follows. Iyer pushes it in the covers for a single. A dot and a single follows as Salt hits it towards mid-wicket. A single to end the over as Iyer retains strike. 

Impact sub Arshad Khan given the ball next. A wide and a single next as Arshad bowls it outside leg and the beat the keeper as well. Arshad finds Salt’s inside edge but the baLl runs behind for a FOUR!!!! A single and a dot follows. FOUR MORE!!! Iyer strikes it over the bowler for a boundary. A slow out-swinger next that goes for a dot. A single to end the over. 

Shamar Joseph bowling his third over. A but slow this time as Salt swings and misses it. Batter pulls it on-side and gives the strike next to Iyer. Joseph almost finds Iyer’s edge down the leg-side, caught behind by KL Rahul. KKR takes a review and the decision is overturned, since the ball struck his thigh pad. A single follows. SIX!!!! Salt flicks over deep square for a maximum as he is dropped on the boundary line. A double to end the over. 

Yash Thakur joins the bowling attack. A bit short that is threaded through point by Salt for a FOUR!!! A similar ball again that meets a similar fate, FOUR MORE!!! A single follows as Iyer gets on strike. Pitches it outside-off and gets a dot. Two more dots follow to end the over. 

Joseph back on the attack, starts with a dot ball to Salt. Swings it out next and almost finds Salt’s edge, another dot. Salt pushes it through point next for a single. Aims the leg-stump next as Iyer flicks it behind for a FOUR!!!! Two dots to end the over.

Mohsin finds Raghuvanshi’s outside edge and is caught OUT!!!!

Raghuvanshi c KL Rahul b Mohsin 7 (6)

Skipper Shreyas Iyer comes in to bat and gets a single right off the bat. Salt pulls it on-side next for another single. A dot follows. Mohsin almost finds Iyer’s edge as the ball goes over the stumps for a dot. Another dot to finish the good over.

Krunal Pandya comes in early to bowl. FOUR!!!! Lofts it over mid-off for a boudnary. FOUR AGAIN!!! Salt slog sweeps it on-side for another boundary! FOUR MORE!!! Salt drives it through the covers next for the third boundary in a row. A single and a dot follows. Raghuvanshi almost caught at point, but a single for KKR. 

Mohsin to Narine. Two dots to open the over. OUT!!!! Narine swings big but mis-hits the ball and is caught by Stoinis in the covers.

Narine c Stoinis b Mohsin 6(6)

Two dots follow as Raghuvanshi gets on strike. SIX!!!! Batter flicks it over deep square for a maximum to end the over!

Shamar Joseph is bowling his first IPL over!

Attacking the stumps in his first delivery, goes for a dot. A leg-by single follows as Narine gets on strike. FOUR!!! Narine gets off the mark in style as he slices it through point for a boundary. A bit short next as Narine hits it high and behind, gets a double. A by single next as the ball swings in beating the bat, the stumps and the keeper as well. NO BALL! Salt pulls it behind for a dot. A free-hit next that goes for a wide. Bowls it outside leg and it goes for a wide FOUR!!! Another wide follows which is a NO-BALL again! Free-hit continues. SIX!!! Salt hits it big for a maximum.

10 runs in extras in that over!

A tough total to defend for LSG especially in a high-scoring venue like Eden Garden.

Starc to bowl the final over. OUT! Pooran gets an nick to the keeper first-ball of the over as Starc goes wide outside off. 

Arshad Khan comes in as Impact sub as De Kock goes out. FOUR! Top edge on the pull and that runs away to the boundary behind the keeper. Full just outside off and Arshad swings and misses. Swinging in and Arshad heaves and misses again. Now it’s back of a length and Krunal swivels and pulls and misses. It goes off his thigh pad for a single. 

OUT! Arshad Khan is clean bowled off the final delivery of the innings. 

Nicholas Pooran c Phil Salt b Mitchell Starc 45 (32b 2x4 4x6)

Arshad Khan b Mitchell Starc 5 (4b 1x4)

Rana bowls out. Slower one outside off to Pooran and that’s a dot ball. This is too wide outside off and called wide. Pace off again, angling away outside off. Pooran slashes hard at it and it goes over short-third for a boundary. Again too wide outside off, another extra run to Lucknow. That’s 150 up for LSG in 18.2 overs. FOUR! Short, pulled by Pooran, who gets a top edge and because the fielder is inside the circle, that trickles away for a boundary. Full and wide outside off and Pooran misses to connect this one. He goes up for a review as he deems this a wide. That’s ruled a fair delivery by the third umpire. 

Slower one again, angling across from back of a length. Pooran misses his bat horizontally and misses. Full outside off and Pooran carves it to deep backward point for a single. Eleven runs from the over. 

Arora comes back too. Rinku Singh comes onto the field as Impact Player, Chakravarthy goes out. Slow bouncer first up and pulled away by Krunal for a single. SIX! Bouncer again and Pooran has pulled this away for deep square-leg for a maximum. SIX! Slower bouncer again and Pooran pulls this behind square now for back-to-back sixes. Yorker length and heaved away by Pooran for a couple on leg-side. Full and driven through cover by Pooran for one more. Low full-toss on the pads and Krunal gets a leading edge towards mid-off for a couple. 

Rana comes back. Slower one outside off and Pooran can cut it away for just a single. No pace to work with. Slashed by Krunal over cover-point for one more. SIX! Pooran wallops this length delivery just outside off over the deep midwicket boundary. Pace off outside off and Pooran misses. Good bouncer and Pooran unfurls the pull and misses. Back of a length and angling across and Pooran misses again. Three dot balls in a row to end the over. 

Chakravarthy to bowl out now. Just a couple of singles off the first three balls. He bowls a quicker one to Pooran, who stabs it to midwicket for a single. Just five singles from the over and LSG now heads into the death overs. 

Narine bowls out. Badoni goes for a full-blooded sweep and misses. Not a very convincing appeal for lbw and KKR goes for the review just in the nick of time. Badoni hit that with the bottom of the bat an KKR has lost both reviews now. 

OUT! Badoni goes for the sweep again but gets a top edge on this occasion. Taken at deep square-leg. Badoni departs for an inexplicable 27-ball 29. 

In comes Krunal Pandya. Starts off with a single. Pooran will keep strike after stretching forward and pushing this to long-off for a single. Narine ends with economical figures yet again. 

Ayush Badoni c Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Sunil Narine 29 (27b 2x4 1x6)

Rank full toss by Chakravarthy and Pooran has smoked this for a maximum over deep midwicket. Hundred up for LSG in 13.1 overs. Chakravarthy is hanging the ball wide outside off to Pooran, who isn’t really connecting too well from that line. He misses another cut as Chakravarthy goes across him again. Just four runs after that first-ball six. 

Narine into his third over. Badoni starts off with a single at long-on. Pooran cuts this away to deep point for a single and opens his account off his fourth ball. Badoni stretches forward and knocks this to wide long-on for one more. Pooran gets an inside edge defending this from the crease. He takes a single to end the over. 

SIX! Badoni drops on one knee and sweeps this slot delivery by Chakravarthy for a maximum over deep midwicket. Full toss is driven to long-on for a single. 

OUT! Stoinis is gone and Salt has taken a stunner. Googly, Stoinis got an inside edge into his pads and the ball ballooned for Salt to pouch it diving to his right. 

Nicholas Pooran is in next. Gets an outside edge trying to heave across the line on leg-side. It goes to short third on the bounce. 

Marcus Stoinis c Phil Salt b Varun Chakravarthy 10 (5b 2x4)

Andre Russell into the attack. SIX! Shortish outside off and Rahul cuts this over point for a maximum. OUT! Rahul has pulled this straight to the deep midwicket fielder. Now it’s full and Stoinis clips it off his pads for a couple at deep midwicket. 

FOUR! Marcus Stoinis starts off with a boundary. Too short and pulled away to the square-leg boundary. Too short again and Stoinis lets it go. FOUR! More short-pitched bowling and Stoinis had pulled this in front of square for another boundary. 

KL Rahul c Ramandeep Singh b Andre Russell 39 (27b 3x4 2x6)

Chakravarthy into the attack. FOUR! Badoni turns this outside leg-stump delivery behind towards short fine and that runs away to the boundary. Four singles after that boudary and a stifled lbw appeal off the last ball of the over. 

Narine again. Cut away too close to the body and no run for Rahul. Punched off the backfoot through midwicket for a single. Turned away to deep square by Badoni for one more. Rahul misses a sweep and Narine appeals hopefully for leg-before. Not given and not reviewed. Sweep again next ball and he connects this time but only for a single. Strategic Timeout and LSG will hope for a momentum shift after this. 

Rana continues. Starts with a bouncer and Badoni is too early into the pull and misses. Slower one on a full length on middle and off and clipped through the leg-side by Badoni for a single. One more for Rahul after driving this past the bowler. Another slower one to Badoni and he flicks it for a single at deep midwicket. Pace off again and Rahul waits before carving this behind point for a couple. Another slower delivery and clipped to deep midwicket by Badoni for one more. 

Narine into the attack. Badoni pushes this to long-on for a single. Two more singles to follow that first delivery. This turns in and Rahul defends this awkwardly with an inside edge. Punched to long-on for a single by Rahul next ball. Going down leg-side and turned away by Badoni for a single at short fine-leg. 

Harshit Rana to bowl the last over of the PP. Angling into the batter, some nip back into him and Rahul gets an inside edge onto his thigh pad and takes a single. FOUR! Crisply driven by Badoni for a boundary as he takes a step forward and leans into the shot. Back of a length next ball, and defended to mid-on by Badoni. Back of a length again outside off, and Badoni guides this straight to the backward point fielder. 

Rana now with a slower one and Badoni taps this on the off-side for a single. FOUR! Short, and Rahul is equal to the task and he hops onto his toes and cuts this to beat the backward point fielder. 

Starc will bowl his third. Back of a length on middle and tucked to square-leg by Rahul for a dot ball. FOUR! Rahul sends that crashing over cover for a boundary as Starc offers some room outside off. This is pushed to deep point for a single. 

OUT! What a stunning catch by Ramandeep Singh at point. Room outside off and Hooda decided to drive on the up and Ramandeep takes a stunner at backward point. 

Ayush Badoni has been promoted to No. 4 and is greeted with a bouncer by Starc. Two dot balls to end the over. 

Deepak Hooda c Ramandeep Singh b Mitchell Starc 8 (10b 1x4)

Arora will continue. Clipped off the pads by Hooda for a single at deep midwicket. Fullish around off and defended to cover by Rahul. He picks a single next ball at deep square-leg. FOUR! Bouncer, and Hooda puts it away behind the keeper for a boundary even as his bottom hand comes off the bat grip. Pushed back to the bowler to end the over. 

Starc continues. Beaten! Hooda is beaten as the ball angles across him from a good length. Beaten! Hooda pokes outside off and misses the ball again as Starc continues to angle it across him. Bouncer and Hooda looks away and plays this behind to short-third for a single. This is going down leg-side and called wide. On a good length now on middle stump and dabbed behind point by Rahul for one more. Full and driven down the ground by Hooda for another single. FOUR! Short and Rahul rocks back and pulls this away to the square-leg boundary to end the over. 

Here comes Vaibhav Arora from the other end. Outside off and called wide. Shreyas Iyer has reviewed the decision. The third umpire rules the ball is on the guideline outside off and asks the on-field umpire to stick with his decision. On a good length next up on middle stump and defended by Rahul to cover. The buzzer goes off and that is a front-foot no-ball. Two extras in the first two balls. Free-hit coming up. Nails a good yorker outside off and Rahul fails to dig it out. SIX! Fullish just outside off and Rahul lifts this over cover and the ball just sails over the rope. Angling in on the pads on a full length and Rahul pushes this to mid-off and hares for a quick one. 

De Kock gets an outside edge as the is angled across him from a leg-stump line. OUT! De Kock gets another outside edge driving away from the body and this time the ball goes straight to the short third-man fielder. 

Quinton de Kock c Sunil Narine b Vaibhav Arora 10 (8b 2x4)

Here comes Deepak Hooda and he is greeted with a bouncer. The batter gloves it on the leg-side for a single.

LSG head coach Justin Langer rings the iconic bell at the Eden Gardens to kick start the proceedings. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock walk out to the middle to get the match underway with the bat. The under-fire Mitchell Starc has the new ball. Over the wicket to De Kock. 

FOUR! Gently pushed down the ground by De Kock and that’s a first-ball boundary for LSG. FOUR! Consecutive boundaries. Thick outside edge and the lightning fast outfield ensures the ball races away to third-man fence. Full on middle and off and defended by De Kock to mid-off. This is driven back to the bowler by De Kock for two dot balls in a row. Beaten! This moves away late and misses De Kock’s outside edge by a whisker. A couple to end the over as De Kock guides this to third man with an open bat face. 

Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur

Impact sub options: Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, M. Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham and Amit Mishra

Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Impact sub options: Suyash Sharma, Ankul Roy, Manish Pandey, Gurbaz, Rinku Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders wins the toss and opts to bowl first!

KKR - Toss and match results (IPL 2024)

Result after winning toss: Wins: 2; Loss: 0 - WW

Result after losing toss: Win: 1; Loss: 1 - WL

LSG - Toss and match results (IPL 2024)

Result after winning toss: Wins: 2; Losses: 1 - WWL

Result after losing toss: Wins: 1; Loss: 1 - WL

Bat 1st: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c) (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq. 

Bowl 1st: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c) (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur. 

Impact Player options: Yash Thakur/Devdutt Padikkal, Prerak Mankad, M. Siddharth, Amit Mishra, K. Gowtham.

Bat 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora/Harshit Rana. 

Bowl 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora/Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy. 

Impact Player options: Varun Chakravarthy/Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Chetan Sakariya.

WICKETKEEPERS

KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Phil Salt 

BATTERS

Shreyas Iyer

ALL-ROUNDERS

Sunil Narine (c), Andre Russell (vc), Marcus Stoinis 

BOWLERS

Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur 

Team Composition: KKR 5:6 LSG Credits Left: 8.0

Matches played: 3

Kolkata Knight Riders won: 0

Lucknow Super Giants won: 3

Last result: Lucknow Super Giants won by one run (Kolkata; 2023) 

The IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India and can be live streamed on Jio Cinema app and website.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan.