Lucknow Super Giants Beat Kolkata Knight Riders By 3 Wicket
TATA IPL 2026, KKR VS LSG Match 15: Lucknow Super Giants Beat Kolkata Knight Riders By 3 Wicket: In a thrilling encounter at Eden Gardens, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League. Opting to bowl first, LSG restricted KKR to 181/4, with contributions from Angkrish Raghuvanshi (45), Ajinkya Rahane (41), and Rovman Powell (39*).
Chasing 182, LSG struggled early, losing wickets regularly and slipping to 128/7. However, 21-year-old Mukul Chaudhary turned the game around with a blistering unbeaten 54 off 27 balls, hitting seven sixes. Ayush Badoni also played a crucial knock of 54 to keep the chase alive.
Despite efforts from KKR bowlers including Vaibhav Arora and Anukul Roy, LSG sealed victory on the final ball. The loss marked KKR’s third defeat in four matches this season, increasing pressure on the team early in the tournament.
Playing 11 of both the teams for this match.
Kolkata Knight Riders – Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.
Lucknow Super Giants – Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, M Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.
Impact Players List of Both Teams
KKR – Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejaswi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert.
LSG – Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh.
