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Error-Filled Super Over: Rinku, Narine Win It for KKR
KKR batting 155/7: KKR collapsed to 93/7 before Rinku Singh rescued them Rinku Singh 83 off 51*: Anchored, then exploded with 4 consecutive sixes in the 20th over off Digvesh Rathi — 26 runs taken to lift KKR from 129 to 155LSG bowling: Mohsin Khan 5-wicket haul restricted KKR early LSG chase 155/8: Needed 6 off last ball. Mohammed Shami hit Kartik Tyagi for six to tie the game.
In the chase, LSG needed 17 from six balls with Himmat Singh and Mohammed Shami at the crease. Kartik Tyagi conceded successive no-balls off beamers before dismissing Himmat, but served up a half-volley with seven needed from one ball, and Shami launched it over long-off to tie the game.
LSG batting first: Sunil Narine bowled a stunning over, restricting LSG to just 1 run KKR chase: Rinku Singh smashed a four off the first ball to seal it Result: KKR won, rose from 10th to 8th. LSG dropped to 10th, bottom of table
The Super Over was an anti-climax. Sunil Narine bowled Nicholas Pooran first ball and had Aiden Markram caught off the third, with Rishabh Pant managing a single in between. Here, too, Rinku had a hand to play. When Markram launched Narine towards long-on, Rovman Powell sprinted round to his left, caught the ball at the boundary, and flicked the ball towards long-off, where Rinku completed the catch. This was in addition to his four catches earlier in the match.
KKR collapse: 93/7 after top-order failure. Rovman Powell, Green, others couldn’t support LSG couldn’t close: Let Rinku loot 26 in last over. Then Shami needed a miracle 6 to tie Super Over meltdown: LSG managed only 1 run vs Narine’s mystery spin.
KKR were 73 for 6 after 11 overs, and it became 93 for 7 when Ramandeep Singh fell. Manish Pandey was padded up in the dugout, ready to come in as Impact Player. But he was not required as Rinku kept fighting. He reached 43 off 40 balls by the end of the 18th over and then opened up. He started the 19th by hitting Shami for 6, 4, 4 before taking Digvesh Rathi apart in the 20th. It also meant KKR could use Varun Chakravarthy as their Impact Player.
At 93 for 5, needing another 63 from 28 balls, LSG seemed to be down and out. But Himmat and Linde took them closer, and Shami levelled the scores with his last-ball six. But KKR made no mistake in the Super Over.
Kolkata Knight Riders 155 for 7 (Rinku 83*, Green 34, Mohsin 5-23) beat Lucknow Super Giants 155 for 8 (Pant 42, Markram 31, Arora 2-24, Varun 2-33) via Super Over