That's a wrap for our coverage of the IPL 2026 clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants. Two nail-biting, last-over thrillers in a row!

Do join us tomorrow on NDTV Sports as Rajasthan Royals host Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Guwahati. Goodnight!

To no one's surprise, Mukul Choudhary wins the 'Player of the Match' award. One of the most special knocks of IPL 2026. 2 boundaries, 7 SIXES, and a match-winning half-century!

Consecutive wins for Lucknow Super Giants. A positive start for Rishabh Pant and co. They had to hope for a miracle to win it today, and the miracle arrived. They keep themselves in touch with the top half of the table.

Kolkata Knight Riders' worst start to an IPL season continues. 3 defeats in 4 games. But they almost had this one. Sunil Narine and Anukul Roy led an exceptional bowling effort in the middle overs. Cameron Green took wickets, Navdeep Saini shone too. But right at the death, Mukul Choudhary denied the men in purple and gold with a Herculean innings.

The 21-year-old powerhitter from Rajasthan carried a serious reputation before this season. There was a reason he went for Rs 2.6 crore in the auction. Today, he's proved why. Another IPL star is born. Mukul Choudhary signalled his intent with a helicopter 6, and never looked back tonight. 7 maximums and victory from the jaws of defeat for LSG.

INCREDIBLE! Mukul Choudhary has done it for LSG! Two humongous sixes in the final over against Vaibhav Arora. And with 1 needed off 1, Mukul misses but wicket-keeper Angkrish misses his aim too and LSG steal the single. Choudhary with 54 off 27 steals victory for LSG against KKR, against all odds!

LSG 182/7 (20)

LSG beat KKR by 3 wickets.

Mukul Choudhary, WOW! Cameron Green is taken to the cleaners in the 19th over. A flat 6 over fine-leg, then a top edge for 4 behind the keeper, and then a monstrous 6 on the final ball over deep mid-wicket.

LSG need 14 off the last over!

LSG 168/7 (19)

WOW! Stunning hitting! Mukul Choudhary stands tall and whacks it over long-off for 6. Two balls later, Kartik Tyagi misses his yorker and Mukul deposits it for another 6 over long-on. This game is still very much alive!

LSG need 30 off 12.

LSG 152/7 (18)

Mukul Choudhary, what a shot! He slams a boundary through deep square-leg, and then nails a helicopter shot for a straight 6! LSG are still alive!

LSG need 43 off the final 3 overs.

LSG 139/7 (17)

GONE! Sunil Narine strikes! A terrific over with four dots ends with a wicket on the final ball. Mohammed Shami looks to go big but finds the fielder at deep square-leg.

LSG 128/7 (16)

GONE! Anukul Roy strikes back! Full and wide, Badoni had to reach for it and didn't time his lofted shot well. Gets caught at long-off by Rinku Singh. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gives out a cry of ecstasy in celebration! LSG are 6 down.

LSG 125/6 (14.4)

Full toss, pummelled for 6! Anukul Roy gives a loose delivery and Badoni smashes it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! Half-century in 33 balls for Ayush Badoni.

LSG 125/5 (14.3)

Ayush Badoni goes on the charge! 3 boundaries in an over against Navdeep Saini. Just as the required run-rate was increasing, Badoni slams 15 in an over to reduce the pressure. The 26-year-old is just 2 runs away from his half-century.

LSG 119/5 (14)

GONE! Clean bowled! Anukul Roy strikes! Lucknow Super Giants lose their 5th wicket. Abdul Samad plays and misses and the ball dismantles his stumps. Great spell in the game for KKR.

LSG 104/5 (13)

GONE! Massive wicket! Kartik Tyagi removes Nicholas Pooran! The left-hander's poor IPL 2026 continues, he struggled against Narine and Navdeep Saini, and he departs looking to play a big shot. Miscues his pull shot and gets caught at mid-wicket.

LSG 95/4 (11.4)

Sunil Narine bowls an excellent over. Just 1 run off it. Pooran struggles to read the deliveries, and a couple of times, Narine narrowly misses the stumps. LSG need 97 runs in the final 10 overs.

LSG 85/3 (10)

Pooran goes big! Fielder at deep mid-wicket seemed interested for a moment but Pooran gets fantastic connection on the shot. And Green then bowls his second head-high delivery, and it's called a no-ball. 

Thankfully for KKR, Pooran doesn't connect on the free-hit. Just 1 run.

LSG 84/3 (9)

GONE! What an impact! Cameron Green finally comes in to bowl and he takes a wicket straight away. And who is it? LSG's skipper, the Rs 27 crore man, Rishabh Pant! Short, slower ball, Pant looks to pull but mistimes it, and gets caught at short fine-leg.

LSG 73/3 (8.2)

Good over by Sunil Narine. Rishabh Pant and Ayush Badoni play out the spin maestro, not taking any risks. 4 off the over. KKR need a couple of more wickets because LSG's scoring rate is well with the asking rate. They still have power to come in the form of Pooran, Abdul Samad and Mukul Choudhary.

LSG 72/2 (8)

Two boundaries in Kartik Tyagi's first over! Ayush Badoni slams 4 on the first ball, while Rishabh Pant comes down the track and hammers a boundary through extra cover. 

LSG 68/2 (7)

Interestingly, LSG muster the same powerplay score that KKR did - 56. Ayush Badoni times a lovely square-cut against Narine. He's playing the aggressor with Pant at the other end.

LSG 56/2 (6)

Short from Vaibhav Arora and Badoni pulls it for 6! Deep fine-leg tried to catch it for a second, but the ball was far too high, and went beyond the ropes. Still, a positive over for KKR, with Arora taking 2 wickets!

LSG 49/2 (5)

GONE! 2 wickets in 3 balls! Vaibhav Arora strikes again, Mitchell Marsh departs. Short from Arora, Marsh goes for the hook, ends up gloving it, and gets caught by wicket-keeper Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

LSG 42/2 (4.3)

Big wicket! Vaibhav Arora strikes! Aiden Markram looks to go big, doesn't get the timing on it, and gets caught at deep mid-wicket by Rovman Powell. Much-needed breakthrough for KKR.

Rishabh Pant walks in at No. 3.

LSG 41/1 (4.1)

Mitchell Marsh goes big! After struggling to hit Anukul Roy in the first over, he finally connects with a sweep shot, and sends it over deep square-leg for 6. 

LSG 41/0 (4)

Aiden Markram targets Navdeep Saini! The veteran India pacer comes in to bowl his first over but gets taken to the cleaners by South Africa's T20I captain. Markram slams a boundary over mid-wicket, then a big 6 over deep mid-wicket, and then a gorgeous cover drive for 4 more!

LSG 31/0 (3)

Tidy first over by Vaibhav Arora after conceding a boundary on the first ball. Just 2 runs off the remaining 5 deliveries. KKR will need some powerplay wickets to defend 181 tonight.

LSG 6/0 (1)

Mitchell Marsh begins the LSG run chase with a boundary! Width offered by Vaibhav Arora and Marsh cuts it away firmly through the off-side. Aiden Markram opening the batting at the other end.

LSG 4/0 (0.1)

Lucknow Super Giants will be happy with the bowling effort. Shami and Prince nailed their variations at the end, while Digvesh and M Siddharth impressed through the middle overs. Not allowing KKR to reach 200 after being 98/1 after 10 overs is a top effort from Rishabh Pant's boys.

20 overs done. Rovman Powell fails to connect on the last two balls as Prince Yadav nails his slower deliveries. KKR end on 181/4, with 66 runs off the final 5 overs. How badly will they rue the middle-overs slump?

Powell ends on 39 off 24, Green 32 off 24.

KKR 181/4 (20)

Cameron Green connects! First 6 of the evening for him, and his reaction says it all! He looks up to the air and heaves a sigh of relief. Shami comes back with three spectacular yorkers to end the over. His spell ends on 0/27 in 4 overs.

KKR 169/4 (19)

Some welcome boundaries here for KKR! Rovman Powell and Cameron Green pick up a 4 each against Prince Yadav in the 18th over. 13 off it. KKR will hope for two massive overs to end the innings and at least get to 180.

KKR 157/4 (18)

Rovman Powell goes after Prince Yadav! A thumping straight drive for 4 and a massive 6 over deep mid-wicket on the final ball. Earlier in the over, Green picked up his first boundary with an upper-cut over short third.

KKR 144/4 (17)

Finally! Much-needed big hits! Rovman Powell steps out and slams M Siddharth for 6, and then gets a lucky inside edge that goes for 4. However, Green continues to struggle at the other end. He is batting on 8 off 13.

LSG's spinners have all bowled out now. 1/34 for Siddharth, 1/25 Digvesh. A terrific job by them.

KKR 127/4 (16)

Cameron Green really struggling against Digvesh Rathi. The Australian all-rounder plays a serires of dots before taking a single. Digvesh's spell ends - 1/25 in 4 overs.

17 runs for KKR in the last 5 overs!

KKR 115/4 (15)

1 wicket and 1 run conceded in the 14th over by Avesh Khan. Absolutely superb stuff by the pacer. Kolkata Knight Riders' innings has gone downhill after the 10th over. Just 14 runs and 3 wickets lost in the last 4 overs!

KKR 112/4 (14)

BOWLED! Avesh Khan strikes, Rinku Singh fails to fire! A lovely inswinging delivery, holds its line and clips off the bails. KKR have lost another wicket, this is a great spell in the game for LSG.

KKR 111/4 (13.2)

Another wicket for LSG! Manimaran Siddharth strikes, Angkrish Raghuvanshi also falls short of his half-century. He gets caught at long-on by Aiden Markram. 2 wickets in the space of 9 balls for LSG, massive blows for KKR.

KKR 106/3 (12)

100 comes up for KKR! Cameron Green is the new man in, and he gets off the mark with a single on his second ball to bring up the team 100. A great over from Digvesh, though, and the first one of the innings without a boundary.

KKR 102/2 (11)

GONE! LSG get the breakthrough! Ajinkya Rahane departs! Looked to nudge it towards the leg-side but Mohammed Shami at short mid-wicket takes a sharp, low catch. Rahane goes for 41 off 24, he's played a great hand. Wicket for Digvesh!

KKR 99/1 (10.2)

10 overs done and Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are inching towards their half-centuries. Raghuvanshi picks up another boundary through fine-leg, and now both batters are into the 40s.

KKR 98/1 (10)

Maximums! Ajinkya Rahane with an aggressive shot that sees the top edge go for 6 over deep backward point. Angkrish Raghuvanshi then gets a ball on the pads from Avesh Khan, and flicks it over for 6 more! Avesh Khan has conceded a fair amount of runs early on.

KKR 89/1 (9)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ajinkya Rahane pick up a couple of boundaries, keep the KKR scoreboard ticking at more than 9 runs per over. Raghuvanshi slams M Siddharth for 4 with a sweep shot, while Rahane delicately places a boundary between two fielders for 4 through wide long-on.

KKR 74/1 (8)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi on the charge! The youngster struggled against the spinners but he frees his arms on the final over of the powerplay against Avesh Khan. Slams a boundary over third-man, then smashes a 6 over extra-cover, and then a lovely cover drive for 4 more!

KKR 56/1 (6)

Digvesh Rathi comes into the attack and Ajinkya Rahane goes after him and slams a couple of boundaries! Doesn't get the perfect connection on either occasion, but enough to take it past the in-field and into the fence for 4. The first over mid-off, the second over short third-man.

KKR 40/1 (5)

Top shot by Rahane! Rishabh Pant brings in left-arm spinner M Siddharth and Rahane greets him with an inside-out shot over cover for 6. Much-needed big shot for KKR.

KKR 30/1 (4)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi steps out and slams a boundary against Shami over cover. But Shami keeps it tight for the rest of the over. KKR not getting a fast start in the first three overs.

KKR 21/1 (3)

GONE! Finn Allen gets two boundaries away to fine-leg against Prince Yadav, but the young pacers then surprises him with a short delivery. Allen goes for a firm pull, but the top edge is taken by Digvesh Rathi at deep third-man, just on the edge of the boundary rope.

KKR 16/1 (2)

Mohammed Shami produces some unbelievable movement in the first over, beating Finn Allen three times in a row with outswing and inswing. Rahane slams a boundary on the first ball with a cracking straight drive, but a positive start for LSG.

KKR 6/0 (1)

We are LIVE! Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen are opening the batting for KKR, Mohammed Shami takes the new ball for LSG. Rahane gets off the mark first ball.

KKR 1/0 (0.1)

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has kept his cards close to his chest regarding when Cameron Green will bowl. Speaking at the toss, here's what he said about the Rs 25.20 crore star bowling:

"When he (Green) is allowed to bowl,we will probably see him, the combination gets better, so Rovman Powell plays, when Cam Green bowls then we have that extra bowler with us," he said.

Lucknow Super Giants XI vs KKR: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Same team for the Super Giants.

Kolkata Knight Riders XI vs LSG: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.

Blessing Muzarabani makes way for Narine. Still no Varun Chakravarthy.

Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and opt to bowl! Rishabh Pant calls right and chooses to bowl first. LSG going with the same team. Ajinkya Rahane confirms that Sunil Narine comes back in.

Looks like Cameron Green is set to bowl today. As per reports, the Australian all-rounder has marked his run-up on both ends of the pitch. His ability to bowl in the powerplay and middle overs should add a great deal of value to KKR's bowling attack.

We are just about 15 minutes away from toss time at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Ajinkya Rahane's decision to win the toss and bat under overcast conditions in the last game was widely criticised by experts, so it'll be interesting to see what the toss-winning skipper elects to do today.

Mohammed Shami is making somewhat of a homecoming, as the Eden Gardens in Kolkata is his home venue in domestic cricket, where he plays for Bengal. The LSG pacer has taken 3 wickets in two games, at an economy rate of less than 5. He stood out with a spectacular spell of 4-0-9-2 against SRH.

Varun Chakravarthy was not included in KKR's lineup in the previous game, with Ajinkya Rahane citing a finger injury. In training, Chakravarthy was spotted with a bandage around his finger, hinting that he may not be available in today's game.

Legendary India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has pointed out that KKR could be without three of their first-choice bowling attack today.

A very important game coming up for KKR tonight!
Not easy with so many injury set backs, which means they are without their first choice bowling attack.
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Can they register their first win of the season like GT did last night? pic.twitter.com/93dKblPDrF

— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) April 9, 2026

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane is under immense pressure. He has won just 5 matches as captain of the franchise, including last season, but has so far hit back at criticism. Rahane's would also hope to improve his batting record outside the powerplay. He has remodelled his game to become an explosive batter inside the first 6 overs, but tends to struggle once the spinners come on and the field restrictions are taken off.

Lucknow Super Giants have a plethora of fast-bowling options, with the talented duo of Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan not featuring in their previous game. Mohammed Shami and Prince Yadav are in great form, while Avesh Khan specialises at the death. It will be interesting to see if LSG tinker their Indian pace unit for today's game at Eden Gardens.

We could see the return of Sunil Narine today. Narine missed the game against PBKS due to an illness, but was seen training ahead of the LSG encounter. However, with KKR's middle-order not performing well, there is also a chance that Rovman Powell retains his spot.

While Rishabh Pant played an excellent knock under pressure to guide LSG to victory over SRH, the form of their other dashing left-hander - Nicholas Pooran - will worry the team. Pooran hasn't had a great 2026 so far, and managed just 9 runs from the first two games.

Reports ahead of the game have indicated that KKR's Rs 25.20 crore star Cameron Green could finally start bowling against LSG. So far, Green has played only as a batter, but his return to bowling should massively strengthen the team, both in terms of their bowling versatility and the overall balance of their XI.

Lucknow Super Giants recovered from defeat in their opening game to bounce back with victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their second match. LSG's pace attack is firing on all cylinders at the moment, with Mohammad Shami seemingly back to his best. But what is even better news for the franchise is that Rishabh Pant slammed 68* to guide the team to victory in their last game.

Kolkata Knight Riders have not won any of their first three games of a season for the first time in IPL history. They're off the mark with 1 point after their previous game was washed out, but they were struggling at 25/2 when the rains came, so you could argue luck favoured them on the night. The men in purple and gold desperately need a victory today.

On Monday, only 3.4 overs were possible as persistent rain in Kolkata saw the match between KKR and Punjab Kings abandoned. Today, the forecast is much, much better. As per AccuWeather, there is only a 13% chance of rain after 6 PM, and that falls to 0% from 7 PM onwards.

Importantly, there is no rain at the moment.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). We are at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata once again, this time hoping for a full match with no rain!

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