Lucknow: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 98 runs in the match played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Sunday. With this, they have achieved their 8th win of this season and have reached the first position in the points table, leaving behind Rajasthan Royals (RR). In this match, Lucknow won the toss and decided to bowl first and after that, Kolkata, batting first, scored 235 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
While chasing the target of 239 runs, the batsmen of LSG team performed disappointingly and the team had to face a big defeat of 98 runs. This is Lucknow's biggest defeat in the history of IPL. Chasing the score, the team captained by KL Rahul was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs and with this they lost the match by 98 runs. In this match, star all-rounder Sunil Narine once again performed brilliantly for KKR. Batting first, he faced 39 balls and scored 81 runs with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from this, he also took one wicket in bowling.
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