LSG vs KKR 54 Match Highlights:
( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights) Knight Riders won by 98 runs against Lucknow Super Giants at Ekans Sports City in Lucknow on Sunday in the Indian Premier League 2024. KKR scored 235 runs with the help of Sunil Narine’s 81 runs, and then they got Lucknow Super Giants all out for 137 runs with Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana taking three wickets each.
Sunil Narine played really well in the cricket match at Ekana stadium in Lucknow.
He scored 81 runs and helped Kolkata set a big target. LSG tried to come back, but one of their players got injured, so they had to bring in a substitute. Andre Russell tried his best for Kolkata, but couldn’t score many runs.
The Lucknow Super Giants chose to bowl first after winning the toss against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Yash Thakur is playing instead of Mayank Yadav for the home team. Also, Harshit Rana is back for the Knight Riders after missing one game due to suspension.
In the last match, the Kolkata Knight Riders played against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. They batted first and struggled at the start, but Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey helped them reach a total of 169 runs. Mitchell Starc, a KKR bowler, took four wickets, securing a win for his team.( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights)
Shreyas Iyer , KKR captain:
“The last 6 matches in the dressing room there has been havoc, teammates are coming in and asking skip what’s happening, we are losing tosses, but we are winning games that’s what matters. We had a great start in the powerplay. Sunil mentioned in the time-out that anything around 200 is good. A lefty-righty combination makes thing difficult for the opposition, the bowlers have to change their plans and that makes a difference.( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights)
It’s all about the freedom, to go out and express themselves. We want to go out and be positive whatever the situation is, sometimes it doesn’t work out but sometimes it does. They have been splendid for us, the way they are playing their shots is pure bliss. They are setting us up and giving is momentum and no matter what the situation is, we are playing with a positive mindset.”
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KL Rahul ,LSG captain:
“It was a lot of runs to be scored in the second innings. When you are chasing a big total, you are trying to go too hard and you end up losing wickets. Just a poor performance overall. We didn’t (hit our lengths on a consistent basis), just been a poor performance overall with bat, ball and in the field. Sunil Narine and Phil Salt, in the powerplay, we’ve seen how they bat and they do put a lot of pressure on the opposition.
Our young bowlers couldn’t handle that kind of pressure and he hit some really good shots. That’s how IPL is, you come up against really good players and that’s when your character is tested. We weren’t up to the mark. The wicket was really good, felt like a pretty true wicket, there was a bit of bounce if you bowled hard lengths and back of a lengths, but nothing out of the ordinary and it didn’t seem like a pitch that was really bad. ( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights)
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235 was probably 20 or 30 runs above par and our batting performance was really poor. When you’re chasing such a big score, you’re under pressure, it’s always hard. We prepare well in advance and talk about the opposition batters, we know our conditions here and we do spend a little bit of time talking to the bowlers and talking to the batters trying to see what kind of plans we need to come up with. Once we come here, it’s about execution and we went wrong in that part. Bowlers tried their best but the young group really … the sooner you learn, the better it for the team.
We’ve made a couple of mistakes when we’ve come up against batters like Sunil and anyone that’s powerful. That type of intimidation puts pressure on our bowlers. That’ll be the chat once we get back to the dressing room – move on from this game, see where we went wrong and try and get better. This is our last home game for us, so we are on the road for the next three games. It’s pretty clear for us, if you want to get to the top four, you got to win all the games.
That will give us a little bit of freedom to go out there and be a little bit more fearless, little bit brave to take on the game.” ( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights)
Sunil Narine , Player of the Match:
“The most important thing is starting well and it’s good to have the backing of the support staff. I think you have to pick your strengths and pick your spots, sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. It’s going very well, Varun is picking up wickets, it’s making my job easier to keep things tight. He is a hard worker and it’s good to see him do well. The boys are anxious and eager to play, so no matter what the situation is they are up for the challenge and they are contributing for us.”
Biggest defeat margin for LSG in IPL (in runs) :
98 vs KKR, Lucknow, 2024
81 vs MI, Chennai, 2023
62 vs GT, Pune, 2022
62 vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2023
Biggest win margin for KKR in IPL (in runs)
140 vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008
106 vs DC, Vizag, 2024
98 vs LSG, Lucknow, 2024
86 vs RR, Sharjah, 2021 ( LSG vs KKR 54 match Highlights)
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI:
KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs:
Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Devdutt Padikkal
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs:
Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora