Mumbai കൊ Kolkata bowlers were drenched in a rain of sixes by the Lucknow openers at the DY Patil Stadium. Lucknow Super Giants beat Kolkata Knight Riders by a huge margin in the crucial IPL match. They won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 210 not out in the allotted 20 overs.
Quinton Decock’s superb century (140 * off 70 balls) and skipper KL Rahul’s half-century (68 * off 51 balls) made Lucknow ‘super’. Both batsmen hit a total of 27 fours, 14 sixes and 13 fours. Ten of these sixes were born from Decock’s bat. Both batsmen have scored 61 runs in the last three overs. 27 in the 19th over alone.
Today is the third highest partnership in the IPL. Kohli and De Villiers’ 229 for Bengaluru once morest the Gujarat Lions in 2016 is the highest partnership ever. Decock scored his second century in the IPL. His first century was in 2016 once morest Bengaluru.
∙ Toss to Lucknow
Lucknow captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat. After the toss, Rahul said the goal was to find the best total batted first. Krunal Pandya, Dushmantha Chameera and Ayush Badhoni will not play in the Lucknow squad. They were replaced by Manan Vora and Evin Krishnappa Gautam in the playing XI. Abhijit Tomar will replace Ajinkya Rahane due to injury in the Kolkata line-up.
Playing XI
Kolkata: Venkatesh Iyer, Abhijit Tomar, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakraborty
Lucknow: Quinton Decock, KL Rahul, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vora, Marcus Stones, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gautam, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
English Summary: IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Match Updates
