Kolkata: Mitchell Starc’s fiery spell helped Kolkata Knight Riders limit Lucknow Super Giants to 161/7 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
Starc was the highest wicket-taker for KKR with three wickets, while Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell each secured one wicket. Meanwhile, Nicholas Pooran’s 45 off 32 balls ensured that LSG reached a competitive total. KL Rahul and Ayush Badoni also contributed with 39 and 29 runs, respectively, while the other LSG batters struggled to score runs against the KKR bowlers.
Earlier, KKR won the toss and chose to field first against LSG, led by KL Rahul. After winning the toss KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said, “We’ll bowl first. Feels nostalgic, the crowd is electrifying and this was what we missed playing out of Kolkata, great feeling to be back. I’ve no idea about the conditions, the last game was a belter, but we’re professionals and will have to adapt. Bowling first, so Rinku goes out, Harshit Rana comes in.”
LSG skipper KL Rahul at the toss said, “I would have bowled first, but this does look like a good pitch. It was important to recover ona short turnover, it’s just about making sure that everyone is rested and recovered well. Few changes – Padikkal and Naveen-ul-Haq miss out, Shamar Joseph and Deepak Hooda are back. Mohsin Khan is back as well.”
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): 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 Impact Subs: Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra, K Gowtham
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh
