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Lucknow . In the exciting match played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in the capital, Lucknow Super Giants were once again disappointed, while Kolkata Knight Riders won in the super over. This match was very exciting till the last ball, but in the end Lucknow’s batting once again proved to be weak.

Batting first in the match, the Kolkata team did not have a good start and lost 6 wickets for 73 runs. After this, Rinku Singh took over the innings and batted aggressively and played a brilliant inning of 83 runs on 51 balls. Thanks to his innings, Kolkata scored 155 runs losing 7 wickets. In the last over of the innings, Rinku Singh batted brilliantly and hit four sixes and strengthened the team’s score.

Mohsin Khan bowled brilliantly for Lucknow and took 5 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. This was the best performance of his IPL career and he also became the first bowler to take five wickets in this season.

Chasing the target of 156 runs, Lucknow had a bad start and Mitchell Marsh was out early. After this, Aiden Markram (31 runs) and captain Rishabh Pant (42 runs) tried to handle the innings, but could not lead the team to victory. Nicholas Pooran once again failed to play a big innings. Ayush Badoni and Himmat Singh definitely scored some useful runs in the middle order, due to which the team could reach 155 runs and the match was tied.

The match was decided in a super over. Lucknow’s batting in the super over was a complete flop. Sunil Narayan bowled brilliantly and dismissed Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram without opening the account. Lucknow could score only 2 runs. In response to this, Rinku Singh gave victory to the team by hitting a four on the very first ball for Kolkata.

With this defeat, Lucknow Super Giants had to face their eighth consecutive defeat on their home ground. The team has reached the bottom position in the points table and now its hopes of reaching the playoffs have become quite weak.

During the match, tremendous enthusiasm was seen from the spectators at Ekana Stadium. Despite the scorching heat, a large number of fans reached the stadium and encouraged their team. Slogans of “LSG-LSG” were continuously echoed during the match, but in the end the spectators looked disappointed after the defeat.

Overall, this match was very exciting, in which Rinku Singh’s brilliant innings and Sunil Narayan’s deadly bowling gave Kolkata a memorable victory, while Lucknow’s weak batting once again became the reason for the team’s defeat.