Tag: kolkata knight riders vs lucknow super giants 05/20/2023 krlko05202023222240 ndtv sports

[ad_1] Lucknow Super Giants survived a late Rinku Singh onslaught to secure a thrilling one-run win and seal their second successive play-offs berth in the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Pooran held the LSG innings together with a counter-attacking 30-ball 58 (4x4, 5x6) to propel them to a fighting 176/8 after being invited to bat. Chasing 177 for a win, Rinku threatened to pull off yet another last over win for KKR with a ruthless 67 not out from 33 balls (6x4, 4x6) as he waged a lone battle. But it was not enough in the end as KKR ended at 175 for 7 to lose the match by one run.With 12 points from 14 matches, KKR were out of play-offs contention.The left-handed Rinku smashed Naveenul-Haq for three fours and one six in a 20-run penultimate over to bring up his fifty ...

[ad_1] Set to be clad in local giants Mohun Bagan's iconic green and maroon jersey, Lucknow Super Giants would find themselves at home as they look to seal their playoff berth knocking out a hapless Kolkata Knight Riders in the final IPL game, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. The real home team in this case, KKR, have not only complained of being let down by the conditions but their problems go deeper, having struggled to find a perfect winning combination in a topsy-turvy season, enduring seven defeats. Out of those seven, four losses were at the Eden Gardens.Be it the batting, which still seems to be a work in progress, the bowling, especially pace department, has also looked terribly short on experience.In fielding, they have made a mockery of themselves with some of the efforts ...

[ad_1] Kolkata:Lucknow Super Giants, owned by city-based conglomerate RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, will don Mohun Bagan's fabled green and maroon-coloured jersey in their IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders in  Kolkata on Saturday. The RPSG Group, which bought the Lucknow franchise following IPL's expansion to 10 teams in 2022, are also the principal owners of the Indian Super League team Mohun Bagan, having acquired a majority stake before the ISL 2020-21 season. "It is (Mohun Bagan) not an institution, it's actually an emotion. It's legacy represents the city of Kolkata," LSG team owner Shashwat Goenka said."It is with this in mind, that we have decided that LSG will don the iconic colours of maroon and green in Saturday's match against KKR at Eden Gardens."It is our way of paying respe...