Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants played the IPL 68th match. However, KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first. In the first inning, KKR stopped LSG at 176 runs with the fall of 8 wickets. Moreover, in the second inning, KKR scored 175 runs with a fall of 7 wickets. Indeed, the score was not hard to chase but LSG bowlers successfully defended the target and won the match. Below you will get the summary of the match.
Lucknow Super Giants Innings In IPL 68th Match
Karan Sharma and Quinton de Kock opened the innings for Lucknow Super Giants. However, Karan Sharam got out earlier. He scored 3 runs in 5 balls. Shardul Thakur caught him on the ball of Harshit Rana. Moreover, Quinton de Kock tried to give a good start to the team. He scored 28 runs in 27 balls. AD Russell caught him on the ball of Varun Chakravarty.
Prerak Mankad came to bat at number three. He scored 26 runs in 20 balls. Harshit Rana caught him on the ball of Vaibhav Arora. Moreover, Marcus Stoinis came to bat at number four. He got out on 0 runs. VR Iyer caught him on the ball of Vaibhav Arora. Krunal Pandya came to bat at number five. He scored 9 runs in 8 balls. RK Singh caught him on the ball of SP Narine. Ayush Badoni came to bat at number six. He scored 25 runs in 21 balls. Shardul Thakur caught him on the ball of SP Narine.
Moreover, Nicholas Pooran came to bat at number seven. He played a good inning and helped the team to score good runs on the scoreboard. Furthermore, Nicholas Pooran scored fifty in this IPL 68th match. His total score was 58 runs in 30 balls. VR Iyer caught him on the ball of Shardul Thakur.
However, in the first innings, LSG scored 176 runs with the fall of 8 wickets. It was not a big score to chase for KKR. Moreover, KKR tried hard to chase the score but with a good bowling attack LSG defended the target. Furthermore, KKR lost the IPL 68th match by just 1 run.
Lucknow Super Giants Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Mohsin Khan | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Yash Thakur | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings In IPL 68th Match
Jason Roy and Venkatesh Iyer started the innings for KKR. However, both players tried to give a good start to the team. Moreover, Jason Roy missed his fifty by just five runs. He scored 45 runs in 28 balls. KH Pandya bowled him. Furthermore, Venkatesh Iyer scored 24 runs in 15 balls. Ravi Bishnoi caught him on the ball of Krishnappa Gowtham.
Nitish Rana came to bat at number three. He scored 8 runs in 10 balls. KH Pandya caught him on the ball of Ravi Bishnoi. Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to bat at number four. He scored 10 runs in 15 balls. Ravi Bishnoi caught him on the ball of YS Thakur.
Moreover, Rinku Singh came to bat at number five. He tried hard to chase the score. He scored 67 runs in 33 balls. His inning includes 6 fours and 4 sixes.
However, in the second inning, KKR scored 175 runs with the fall of 7 wickets. The score was not too big to chase. Moreover, KKR tried till the last ball to reach the target but failed to do so and lost the match by 1 run.
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Harshit Rana | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Nitish Rana | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Suyash Sharma | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Andre Russell | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI
- Quinton de Kock(WK)
- Prerak Mankad
- Karan Sharma
- Krunal Pandya(C)
- Marcus Stoinis
- Nicholas Pooran
- Ayush Badoni
- Krishnappa Gowtham
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Naveen-ul-Haq
- Mohsin Khan
- Yash Thakur
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI
- Jason Roy
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Nitish Rana(C)
- Andre Russell
- Rinku Singh
- Shardul Thakur
- Sunil Narine
- Vaibhav Arora
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Suyash Sharma
