Kolkata, who lost the toss and elected to bat, scored 181 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Lucknow achieved the target of 182 runs off the last ball at Eden Gardens after Mukul Chaudhary scored an unbeaten 54 runs off 27 balls.
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Mukul Chaudhary's exceptional batting helped Lucknow Super Giants defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday. Mukul scored an unbeaten 54 off 27 balls as Lucknow chased down the target of 182 runs in the final ball at Eden Gardens. Mukul hit 2 fours and 7 sixes. He shared an unbeaten 54-run partnership with Avesh Khan for the eighth wicket. Avesh's contribution was 1 run off 3 balls. Ayush Badoni also scored 54 runs. He hit 7 fours and 2 sixes off 34 balls. Openers Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram were dismissed for 15 and 22 respectively. Captain Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 10 runs. Nicholas Pooran scored 13 and Abdul Samad scored only 2 runs. From Kolkata, Navdeep Saini took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs and Vaibhav Arora took 38 runs in 4 overs. Sunil Narine took 1 wicket for 13 runs in 4 overs. Kartik Tyagi and Cameron Green also took 1 wicket each.
Lucknow has moved up to fifth place with its second win in 3 matches. Kolkata, which is winless, is in ninth place with just 1 point in 4 matches.
Earlier, Kolkata, who had lost the toss and opted to bat, scored 181 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Although Finn Allen was dismissed for 9 runs, his opening pair and captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 41 runs. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in 24 balls.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scored with 45 runs. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in 33 balls. Rinku Singh was out for 4 runs. Greene remained unbeaten on 32 and Rovman Powell remained unbeaten on 39 runs. Greene hit 3 fours and 1 six in 24 balls and Powell hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in 24 balls. Lucknow's Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi and Avesh Khan took 1 wicket each.
