Lucknow: In the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Eden Garden, Kolkata won by 8 wickets and with this they have reached second place in the points table. Let us tell you that in this match, Kolkata had won the toss and decided to bowl first and prevented Lucknow from scoring a big score. The team led by KL Rahul, who came to bat first, could score only 161 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 162 runs, KKR played a brilliant game and played aggressive cricket from the beginning. KKR achieved this target in just 15.4 overs and registered a big victory. The biggest hero in this run chase for Kolkata was opener Philip Salt, who led his team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 89 runs. Apart from him, captain Shreyas Iyer also supported Salt fully and made an unbeaten partnership of 120 runs on 76 balls with him for the fourth wicket.
This is the fourth win for Kolkata this season and now only Rajasthan Royals are above them in the points table, who have won 5 matches so far.
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