In an exciting match of the Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in a thriller that lasted till the last ball. Mukul Chaudhary’s unbeaten half-century completely changed the course of the match, while team owner Sanjeev Goenka ran on the field and hugged Mukul. Mukul Chaudhary equalized the score by hitting a six in the last over and then gave a memorable victory to LSG by scoring a run on the last ball. Ayush Badoni also played a brilliant inning of 54 runs, which kept the team in the competition.

Mukul Chaudhary’s explosive innings

Mukul Chaudhary scored only two runs in the first eight balls of his innings, but later scored unbeaten 54 runs by hitting seven sixes. Among these, the helicopter shot played in the style of Mahendra Singh Dhoni off Vaibhav Arora was the most visible. Choudhary, along with Avesh Khan, led the team to victory by scoring 54 runs in the last four overs.

LSG’s thrilling victory celebration

When Lucknow won the match, team owner Sanjeev Goenka could not control himself and ran on the field. Coming to the field, Sanjeev Goenka hugged Mukul. After this Mukul Chaudhary touched the feet of team coach Justin Langer. Captain Rishabh Pant patted Mukul on the back.

KKR score and initial pressure

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 181 runs for four wickets. Cameron Green, bowling for the first time in the current season, dismissed captain Rishabh Pant on his second ball. However, Green gave away 16 runs in the 19th over of the innings. KKR needed 30 runs in the last two overs.

thrill of the last over

LSG needed 14 runs in the last over. Vaibhav Arora missed under pressure. Mukul Chaudhary, playing his third match in his first season of IPL, leveled the score by hitting a six on the fifth ball of the over and gave the team victory by scoring a run on the last ball.

Useful innings of Ayush Badoni

Earlier, Ayush Badoni played a brilliant inning of 54 runs in 34 balls with seven fours and two sixes. The pair of Badoni and Mukul Chaudhary kept KKR’s hopes of victory alive for a long time.

KKR’s batting

For KKR, captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 41 runs on 24 balls, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 45 runs on 33 balls. Rovman Powell and Cameron Green played useful innings. Vaibhav Arora and Anukul Roy took two wickets each for KKR.

Excellent bowling by LSG

LSG bowlers bowled disciplined in the middle overs. Mohammed Shami was the most effective, bowling nine dot balls giving 27 runs in four overs. Digvesh Rathi and Manimaran Siddharth also bowled well.

position in the table

This was the fourth defeat for KKR, while Lucknow Super Giants strengthened their position in the table by registering their second consecutive win.