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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, Match 15 Match Summary

KKR vs LSG, 2026 - T20 Summary

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Scorecard
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Match 15, Eden Gardens, Kolkata , Apr 09, 2026
Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders
181/4 (20.0/20)
Lucknow Super Giants Lucknow Super Giants
182/7 (20.0/20)
Lucknow Super Giants beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets
  • Player of the Match
    Mukul Choudhary
    54(27)
KKR 181/4
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/114990-angkrish-raghuvanshi-playerprofile>Angkrish Raghuvanshi</a>
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
45 (33)
  • 5x4s
  • 2x6s
  • 136.36SR
<a href=/cricket/players/965-ajinkya-rahane-playerprofile>Ajinkya Rahane</a>
Ajinkya Rahane
41 (24)
  • 4x4s
  • 2x6s
  • 170.83SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Digvesh Singh
ECON 6.25
4
OVERS
25/1
R/W
Bowler
Manimaran Siddharth
ECON 8.50
4
OVERS
34/1
R/W
LSG 182/7
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/135272-mukul-choudhary-playerprofile>Mukul Choudhary</a>
Mukul Choudhary
54 (27)
  • 2x4s
  • 7x6s
  • 200SR
<a href=/cricket/players/113432-ayush-badoni-playerprofile>Ayush Badoni</a>
Ayush Badoni
54 (34)
  • 7x4s
  • 2x6s
  • 158.82SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Anukul Roy
ECON 8.00
4
OVERS
32/2
R/W
Bowler
Vaibhav Arora
ECON 9.50
4
OVERS
38/2
R/W
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What's next? The IPL 2026 journey continues as it sees the battle between the Royals in Guwahati. Two unbeaten sides, two of the most destructive batting units, meet at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Rajasthan Royals and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru face each other in what promises to be a highly entertaining one as well. Friday, 10th April is the date and the first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). But our buildup will begin well in advance. Until then, we sign off. Cheers!
A heist at Eden - Two consecutive wins and the Super Giants are up and running in this IPL now. And with a win like this, the confidence going forward will rocket up massively. They now head back home where they will host Gujarat Titans in Lucknow, on Sunday, 12th April with the first ball scheduled for 3.30 pm IST (10 am GMT). As for the Knight Riders, they are yet to win a game and how they recover from this loss will be important to see. They have now lost three in four with an abandoned game, and their next assignment will be against Chennai Super Kings, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, on Tuesday, 14th April, at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT).
PLAYER OF THE MATCH - LSG's Mukul Choudhary deservedly wins the award for his match-winning 54* off just 27. Mukul says that his father's dream was to make his son a cricketer. Adds that until he was 13-14 years old, their financial conditions weren't great and the lack of academies in his hometown forced him to move to Jaipur, where he worked hard on his game. Mukul says that with the T20 game evolving, he moved to Gurugram and played a lot of matches, which helped him a lot. Mentions that he played an innings against UP, which made his father believe that he can make it in this sport. Mukul shares that this was just his second match under lights, but he had the belief in himself that if he stayed till the end, he would win the game for his team. When it was 7 needed in 4, he knew that he would get at least one ball in his hitting arc and backed himself to hit a six. Ends by saying that his nature is to play aggressive cricket and if the ball is there to be hit, he does not hesitate to go after it.
The victorious captain of Lucknow Super Giants - Rishabh Pant is lost for words when asked about Mukul Choudhary. Says that seeing someone bat in the nets gives you a picture, but what Mukul did out in the middle is just beyond description. Calls it a fantastic effort from the youngster. Pant speaks about trust being at the heart of everything. As a captain, he says, making sure a player feels believed in by both him and the management makes all the difference in the world. On LSG's growing identity as a team that fights, Pant confidently says that someone putting their hand up in every match, he feels, is a sign that something real is being built. Acknowledges that something good is certainly cooking inside this group. He praises Badoni as well, calling him a senior pro now, someone he has handed responsibility to, and someone who repaid that faith in full tonight. On Shami, Pant is full of admiration. He says that Shami is not getting any younger, but the experience he brings to this side is invaluable. Says it is not just Shami, as the entire bowling unit has been doing a remarkable job, and that, for him, is the bigger positive.
... It's time for the post-match Presentation ...
The captain of Kolkata Knight Riders - Ajinkya Rahane says that it's a tough one to take but he is proud of the way his boys played. Adds that it was a great game of cricket and in such close finishes, it comes down to small moments. Credits Mukul Choudhary for his defining knock and the way he played those shots under pressure was exceptional. Mentions that he thought they were in control but things did not go their way in terms of execution in the last two overs. Shares that the slower ones and pace off options were effective on a surface which was holding up a bit. It wasn't easy to play shots but he thought his bowlers did a good job.  Reckons that when you lose close games, it's easy to pick on things but he thought they played some good cricket. Tells that 180-185 was a good score on this surface.  Ends by saying that the idea was to keep the pressure and keep Avesh on strike in the last over, but with the slow over penalty, it made it hard. But says that it is a long tournament, they will need to regroup and come back stronger in the next one.
A topsy-turvy first inning - KKR's innings never quite found a consistent gear. The openers struggled early, before Rahane and Raghuvanshi dragged them to respectability towards the halfway mark. The middle overs then brought a huge slowdown in runs, partly tactical, partly because the pitch got slower as the ball aged, making timing increasingly difficult. KKR slipped from 99/1 to 111/4. Green, since his arrival, looked thoroughly out of touch for the most part as well. The innings needed some impetus, and Powell provided it. He got under a few and swung hard, giving KKR the late momentum they were desperately searching for. Prince Yadav bowled with impressive control at the death, following Shami's footsteps, who mixed his pace cleverly, but Powell's hitting was enough to drag the total past 180.
Mukul mayhem flipped the script - They say it is not over until the last ball is bowled, and LSG made sure every word of that held true tonight. With 54 needed off the last 4 overs, three wickets in hand, the match was all but written off. And then there was Mukul Choudhary. He took the game by the scruff of the neck and refused to let go, launching seven sixes, a couple of them so audacious they drew gasps before they even landed. He kept LSG alive single-handedly. And with 14 still needed off the final over, he smashed a couple of more biggies to seal the deal for his team, scoring a maiden IPL half-century as well.
KKR boss the middle phase - With the top order back in the hut, the burden fell squarely on Pooran and Badoni. But Narine bowled him into a knot, and Rahane's bowling changes were sharp enough to choke the chase. Pooran fell, Samad followed, and LSG were running out of road. Badoni kept them breathing with a fine fifty, but Anukul Roy got him at the most inopportune moment. At that point, the game looked gone. LSG looked dead and buried.
A sloppy start in the chase - LSG started off going great guns through the Marsh-Markram opening duo. But both were removed by Vaibhav Arora, KKR's impact player, in the same over, which balanced out the contest nicely with LSG posting 56/2 in the Powerplay. Just when Pant and Badoni's stand was flourishing, it was put to end by Green dismissing the former in his very first over this season. At halfway, LSG were 85/3, still in the hunt, but under pressure.
IPL unearths another rising star - The IPL has never been short of moments that remind you why this tournament is the toughest to compete, and tonight added another one to the collection. In a batting lineup featuring the likes of Marsh, Markram, Pant, and Pooran, it is the 21-year-old boy from Jhunjhunu who made the headlines with a knock so good to help his side get a famous win. Take a bow, Mukul Choudhary! Kolkata Knight Riders, meanwhile, are left staring at the ceiling, wondering how this slipped through their fingers. They had done everything right, had one hand on the two points, and then Mukul Choudhary happened.
Over 20 : 182/7
14 Runs
  • 119.1
  • 619.2
  • 019.3
  • 019.4
  • 619.5
  • 1 B 19.6
M. Choudhary
54 (27)
A. Khan
1 (3)
V. Arora
4-0-38-2
19.6
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Vaibhav Arora To Mukul Choudhary
Vaibhav Arora goes for the bouncer for this last ball, and delivers it well, on off. Mukul Choudhary stands outside off for the pull but misses. Avesh Khan sets off for the bye, and Mukul has to go for it. The keeper, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, collects it, but cannot repeat what Jos Buttler did for GT last night and misses the stumps. LSG WIN A THRILLER BY 3 WICKETS!
19.5
6
Vaibhav Arora To Mukul Choudhary
SIX! UNBELIEVABLE! Why play the scoop when you can do that? He brings up a superb MAIDEN IPL FIFTY as well, and will be hoping to finish the job now. Arora misses the yorker just by an inch, outside off. Mukul Choudhary backs away, crouches low and extends his arms to reach out for it. He carves it out, and the ball rockets over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie. SCORES LEVEL!
19.4
0
Vaibhav Arora To Mukul Choudhary
Back-to-back dots! Vaibhav Arora sees the batter move across and delivers another wide yorker, outside off. Mukul Choudhary shuffles across a long way for the scoop but misses.
19.3
0
Vaibhav Arora To Mukul Choudhary
Well bowled! Vaibhav Arora comes around the wide and executes the wide yorker to perfection, outside off. Mukul Choudhary cannot get under it and misses. 7 needed off 3 now.
19.2
6
Vaibhav Arora To Mukul Choudhary
SIX! Into the stands! Mukul Choudhary, you beauty. Vaibhav Arora lands his back of a length and on middle, angling into the pads. Mukul makes no mistake of picking it up and whipping it over the deep square leg fence for another six. 7 needed 4 now.
19.1
1
Vaibhav Arora To Avesh Khan
Golden run from Avesh Khan! Good length and on middle, Khan nudges it through mid-wicket for a single and gets Mukul back on strike. 13 needed in 5 balls now.
Right. 14 needed from the last over. But with Avesh on strike, LSG's best hope is simply to work the single and get Mukul on strike to the rest. Also, Kolkata Knight Riders have been penalised for a slow-over rate. An extra fielder will have to be kept inside the ring till the end of the innings. Vaibhav Arora (3-0-25-2) to bowl the final over. Can he make an impact for his side? This could swing any way, folks.
Over 19 : 168/7
16 Runs
  • 018.1
  • 018.2
  • 618.3
  • 018.4
  • 418.5
  • 618.6
M. Choudhary
42 (22)
A. Khan
0 (2)
C. Green
2-0-28-1
18.6
6
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
SIX! Pressure? What pressure? Cameron Green with another short delivery, slower again. Mukul Choudhary anticipates it early, waits for it and smashes it cleanly over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen more. 16 from the over!
18.5
4
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Short again and on middle, pace on this time. Mukul Choudhary goes for the pull again but gets a top edge over the keeper's head for a boundary. 20 needed in 7 balls now.
18.4
0
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
Clever bowling! Takes pace off again, serves this full and outside off. Mukul Choudhary has a big slog across the line. Gets a slight outside edge on a couple of bounces to the keeper.
18.3
6
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
SIX! Gets hold of that one! Goes for the off-cutter into the deck, but it is just not enough. Mukul Choudhary manages to pick up the length, swivels and smacks it flat and over the deep backward square leg fence for another biggie.
18.2
0
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
Short of a length and on off, takes pace off. Mukul Choudhary goes through the pull shot early and misses. It hits his back and deflects towards short third.
18.1
0
Cameron Green To Mukul Choudhary
In the air...SAFE! A slower bumper, on middle. Mukul Choudhary stays back and tries to flat-bat it down the ground but gets a top edge. It flies high in the air but lands perfectly between the converging long on and long off fielders. Dot ball.
Lucknow Super Giants need 30 runs from 12 balls. Mukul Choudhary is on strike and will look to play most of the remaining balls. Cameron Green (1-0-12-1) is back into the attack to bowl the most important over of the game.
Over 18 : 152/7
13 Runs
  • 617.1
  • 017.2
  • 017.3
  • 617.4
  • 117.5
  • 017.6
A. Khan
0 (2)
M. Choudhary
26 (16)
K. Tyagi
3-0-31-1
17.6
0
Kartik Tyagi To Avesh Khan
A dot! Fuller and outside off, keeping it away from the batter. Avesh Khan backs away and swings hard but gets nowhere near the ball. 13 from the over!
17.5
1
Kartik Tyagi To Mukul Choudhary
Hits the deck hard and around off, Mukul Choudhary pulls it away to deep mid-wicket and takes the run. Avesh Khan has the free license to go big on the last ball.
17.4
6
Kartik Tyagi To Mukul Choudhary
SIX! Connects well again! Kartik Tyagi misses the mark and serves a juicy full toss, on middle. Mukul Choudhary stays deep inside his crease and launches it powerfully over the long-on fence for half a dozen more. 31 needed in 14 now.
17.3
0
Kartik Tyagi To Mukul Choudhary
Back of a length and around off, Mukul Choudhary heaves it away to deep mid-wicket but does not take the run.
17.2
0
Kartik Tyagi To Mukul Choudhary
A full toss, on middle, Mukul Choudhary drills it hard but down towards long on. Denies the single.
Full Commentary
20 OV
14 Runs
V. Arora to A. Khan M. Choudhary
  • 119.1
  • 619.2
  • 019.3
  • 019.4
  • 619.5
  • 1 B 19.6
19 OV
16 Runs
C. Green to M. Choudhary
  • 018.1
  • 018.2
  • 618.3
  • 018.4
  • 418.5
  • 618.6
18 OV
13 Runs
K. Tyagi to M. Choudhary A. Khan
  • 617.1
  • 017.2
  • 017.3
  • 617.4
  • 117.5
  • 017.6
17 OV
11 Runs
V. Arora to M. Choudhary A. Khan
  • 016.1
  • 016.2
  • 416.3
  • 616.4
  • 116.5
  • 016.6
16 OV
1 Runs
S. Narine to M. Choudhary M. Shami
  • 015.1
  • 015.2
  • 015.3
  • 115.4
  • 015.5
  • W 15.6
15 OV
8 Runs
A. Roy to A. Badoni M. Shami M. Choudhary
  • 014.1
  • 014.2
  • 614.3
  • W 14.4
  • 114.5
  • 114.6
14 OV
15 Runs
N. Saini to A. Badoni
  • 413.1
  • 413.2
  • 013.3
  • 213.4
  • 413.5
  • 113.6
13 OV
8 Runs
A. Roy to A. Samad A. Badoni M. Choudhary
  • 112.1
  • 012.2
  • 412.3
  • 1 WD 12.4
  • 112.4
  • 1 WD 12.5
  • W 12.5
  • 012.6
12 OV
6 Runs
K. Tyagi to A. Badoni N. Pooran A. Samad
  • 011.1
  • 411.2
  • 111.3
  • W 11.4
  • 011.5
  • 111.6
11 OV
5 Runs
N. Saini to N. Pooran
  • 010.1
  • 010.2
  • 1 WD 10.3
  • 210.3
  • 010.4
  • 010.5
  • 210.6
10 OV
1 Runs
S. Narine to N. Pooran A. Badoni
  • 09.1
  • 09.2
  • 09.3
  • 19.4
  • 09.5
  • 09.6
9 OV
12 Runs
C. Green to A. Badoni R. Pant N. Pooran
  • 18.1
  • W 8.2
  • 1 WD 8.3
  • 18.3
  • 18.4
  • 68.5
  • 1 NB 8.6
  • 18.6
8 OV
4 Runs
S. Narine to R. Pant A. Badoni
  • 17.1
  • 07.2
  • 17.3
  • 17.4
  • 17.5
  • 07.6
7 OV
12 Runs
K. Tyagi to A. Badoni R. Pant
  • 46.1
  • 16.2
  • 16.3
  • 16.4
  • 46.5
  • 16.6
6 OV
7 Runs
S. Narine to A. Badoni R. Pant
  • 05.1
  • 15.2
  • 15.3
  • 45.4
  • 05.5
  • 15.6
5 OV
8 Runs
V. Arora to A. Markram R. Pant M. Marsh A. Badoni
  • W 4.1
  • 14.2
  • W 4.3
  • 04.4
  • 64.5
  • 14.6
4 OV
10 Runs
A. Roy to M. Marsh A. Markram
  • 13.1
  • 13.2
  • 13.3
  • 03.4
  • 13.5
  • 63.6
3 OV
18 Runs
N. Saini to A. Markram M. Marsh
  • 42.1
  • 62.2
  • 42.3
  • 1 LB 2.4
  • 12.5
  • 22.6
2 OV
7 Runs
A. Roy to A. Markram M. Marsh
  • 11.1
  • 1 WD 1.2
  • 01.2
  • 11.3
  • 11.4
  • 1 LB 1.5
  • 1 WD 1.6
  • 11.6
1 OV
6 Runs
V. Arora to M. Marsh A. Markram
  • 40.1
  • 00.2
  • 10.3
  • 00.4
  • 00.5
  • 10.6
Match Info
  • Venue Eden Gardens, Kolkata
  • Weather Clear
  • Toss Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field
  • Result Lucknow Super Giants beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets
  • Player of the Match Mukul Choudhary
  • Umpire Adrian Holdstock (SA), Akshay Totre (IND) and KN Ananthapadmanabhan (IND)
  • Referee Prakash Bhatt (IND)
Match Notes
  • Innings Break: Kolkata 181/4 in 20.0 overs
  • 5th wicket partnership: 50 off 30 balls between C Green (19) and R Powell (32)
  • Kolkata 150/4 in 17.3 overs
  • Strategic Time-out: KOL 112/4 in 14.0 overs
  • Kolkata 100/2 in 10.4 overs
  • 2nd wicket partnership: 50 off 31 balls between A Rahane (20) and A Raghuvanshi (27)
  • Strategic Time-out: KOL 56/1 in 6.0 overs
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): KOL 56/1
  • Kolkata 50/1 in 5.5 overs
  • 8th wicket partnership: 50 off 23 balls between M Choudhary (52) and A Khan (1)
  • Lucknow 150/7 in 17.4 overs
  • Strategic Time-out: LKO 125/6 in 14.4 overs
  • Lucknow 100/4 in 12.3 overs
  • Strategic Time-out: LKO 72/4 in 8.0 overs
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): LKO 56/2
  • Lucknow 50/2 in 5.2 overs
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