KKR vs LSG Full Match Highlights: Lucknow Super Giants have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets. Mukul Chaudhary single-handedly turned the entire match upside down and made Lucknow win the lost game. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata team batted first and scored 181 runs. In reply, for LSG, Mukul Chaudhary ensured his team’s victory by scoring one run on the last ball. Mukul played an innings of 54 runs in 27 balls, in which 7 sixes came from his bat.

Mukul Chaudhary turned the match in the last 4 overs

KKR’s victory seemed certain till the 16th over of Lucknow Super Giants’ innings. Who would have thought that 21 year old Mukul Chaudhary would create havoc and turn the entire match upside down. Till the 16th over, Lucknow’s score was 128-7. Lucknow had to score 54 runs in 4 overs to win. Even till the end of the 17th over, Kolkata’s chances of victory were strong.

The turn of the match changed in the 18th over when Mukul Chaudhary changed gears and hit 2 sixes in Kartik Tyagi’s over and scored a total of 13 runs in the over. The match was at an exciting turn and Lucknow had to score 30 runs in the last 2 overs to win. Cameron Green lost 19 runs in the 19th over. The six that came on the last ball of Green had opened the doors of victory for Lucknow.

Story of the last over, victory came on the last ball

Lucknow had to score 14 runs in the last over to win. Avesh Khan contributed by running a single run on the very first ball. Vaibhav Arora was bowling, who hit a six on the second ball. The LSG camp was starting to rejoice, but then Vaibhav Arora made Kolkata make a momentary comeback by making the next two balls dot.

All the hopes of KKR were dashed when Mukul Chaudhary hit a six on the fifth ball, which was like a slap to KKR’s hopes of victory. The possibility of a super over was still there. Mukul could not connect the ball and bat. Vaibhav had done his job as he had to beat Mukul, but wicketkeeper Angkrish Raghuvanshi could not hit the ball on the stumps. In this way, Lucknow registered a thrilling victory on the last ball.