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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Score: Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 181 runs. This match is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, where Lucknow had invited KKR to bat first after winning the toss. Thanks to the half-century innings of Rovman Powell and Cameron Green, Kolkata was able to reach 181 runs.
Kolkata first lost the wicket of Finn Allen, whose catch was caught by Digvesh Rathi near the boundary. Rathi’s catch is surrounded by controversies, because it is being claimed that his foot touched the boundary while taking the catch. Allen scored only 9 runs.
Young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi once again showed a strong performance and scored 45 runs in 33 balls and also made a partnership of 84 runs with captain Ajinkya Rahane. Captain Rahane also scored 41 runs in 24 balls in a flamboyant manner.
Saved by Cameron Green and Rovman Powell.
At one time, KKR team had scored 111 runs in 13.2 overs and lost 4 wickets. Kolkata team had lost 3 wickets in just 12 runs. In such a situation, even a score of 150 seemed difficult for Kolkata. But Cameron Green and Rovman Powell made an unbeaten partnership of 70 runs. Green scored 32 runs and Powell returned unbeaten after scoring 39 runs.
66 runs scored in last 5 overs
Kolkata team was struggling due to continuous fall of wickets. KKR’s score in 15 overs was 115 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Cameron Green and Rovman Powell together added 66 runs in the last 5 overs to take Kolkata to the score of 181. Scores bigger than 200 have also been chased at Eden Gardens. Therefore, 181 runs scored by Kolkata does not appear to be a safe score to defend.
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