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Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerve to clinch thrilling super over win over Luck Super Giants in a Tata IPL 2026 encounter in Lucknow . Earlier LSG won the toss and opted to field first.
KKR got off to a horror start losing Tim Seifert for 0. Coming in place oif Finn Allen Tim Seifert has flopped so far . Skipper Ajinkya Rahane was out for just 10 , Angkrish Raghuvanshi 9, Cameron Green 34 ( 21 balls , 3 sixes), Rovman Poweel out for 1 . KKR batting flopped with the total reading 73-4, 10.5 overs.
To add to woes , Anukul Roy 0, Ramandeep Singh 6 , Sunil Narine not out 4 . The star turn for KKR came from Rinku Singh who played the game changing innings . A fine unbetaen 83 ( 51 balls, 7 fours 5 sixes) . It was Rinku Singh’s knock that gave KKR bolwers something to bowl at 155/7 in their 20 overs
LSG Bowling : Mohammed Shami 0/34 ( 4 overs), Mohsin Khan 5/23 ( 4 overs) excellent , Prince Yadav 0/24 ( 4 overs), Digvesh Singh Rathi 0/46 ( 4 overs), George Linde 1/18 ( 2 overs), 0/9 ( 2 overs)
In reply , LSG lost Aussie Mitchell Marsh for 2 , Aiden Markram scored 31 . Skipper Rishabh Pant 42 ( 38 balls , 4 fours 1 six), Nicholas Pooran’s poor form continues out for 9. Ayush Badoni 24, Mukul Choudhary 1 ( one match wonder it seems ) , Himmat Singh 19, George Linde 8, Mohammed Shami not out 11 , Prince Yadav not out 1
A 6️⃣-hitting exhibition that almost took you back in time 🤩
Rinku Singh establishing himself as a raging six-hitter in the final over 🫡#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #LSGvKKR | @rinkusingh235 pic.twitter.com/D2SRHxvOES
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2026
KKR Bowling : Anukul Roy 1/19 ( 2 overs), Vaibhav Arora 2/24 ( 2 overs), Cameron Green 1/12 ( 2 overs), Sunil Narine 1/23 ( 4 overs), Varun Chakravarthy 2/33 ( 4 overs), Kartik Tyagi 1/41 ( 4 overs)
Both Super Giants and Knight Riders ended up at 155 . Experianced Sunil Narine made all the difference in the Super Over for KKR .
The spinner dismissed Nicholas Pooran( why was he selected given his poor form is the question) and Aiden Markram to limit LSG to 1 for two, which was also the lowest score in a Super Over.
KKR did not fumble and notched up the required two runs with Rinku Singh, who also had wonderful day on the field taking four catches, fittingly fetching the winning runs.
Match: IPL 2026, 38th Match
Venue: Lucknow | Date: April 26, 2026
