Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer partnership helps KKR to registered a easy victory against LSG.

KKR opener Phil Salt and Captain Shreyas Iyer (120 Runs) partnership helps a Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 8 wickets with 26 balls spare in the match.

The battle between KKR and LSG happened in iconic cricket ground Eden Garden, Kolkata. KKR won a toss and invited LSG for batting, but once again Lucknow Super Giants do not maximize a powerplay and they lost 2 wickets. LSG captain KL Rahul build a small partnership with Ayush Badoni, but KKR team’s best spinner Sunil Narine broke this partnership. After that Nichols Pooran (45 Runs) smashed some boundaries but IPL most expensive bowlers Mitchell Starc doing a great spell to controlled rhe the LSG innings in 161 Runs.

Kolkata knight riders Run Chase

The 162 runs target was below par scored as it is in Eden Garden, and Phil Salt innings made sure that LSG had no chance of defending it. And also, LSG bowlers was not looking good as they are, except Mohsin Khan.

Chasing 162, KKR finished things off in 15.4 overs and with 8 wickets to spare. they lost a couple of early wickets in the powerplay, but Shreyas Iyer joined Salt for the win. Knight riders now sit second on the points table with a win in the first of their five straight games at home this month. Kolkata have done wonder in their previous matches you can have a look on our articles.

IPL 2024: KKR vs LSG Playing 11

KKR Playing 11:  Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravorty. 

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmatullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh

LSG Playing 11: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur. 

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Impact Subs: Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra, K Gowtham