Lucknow Defeats Kolkata In Close IPL 2026 Match
  • Lucknow Super Giants achieved victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders through a 3-wicket win during their IPL 2026 match. The Kolkata team began their batting and accumulated a total of 181 runs through 4 wickets after 20 overs. The Lucknow team successfully chased down the target by scoring 182 runs while losing 7 wickets during their 20-over innings.
  • Ayush Badoni recorded an initial scoring effort by scoring 54 runs off 34 balls. His innings included 7 fours and 2 sixes.
  • Lucknow needed 128 runs to win the match but now faced a challenging situation because their team had lost 7 players. Mukul Choudhary then took control. He achieved an unbeaten score of 54 runs from 27 balls through 2 fours and 7 sixes. His innings guided Lucknow to victory.

Kolkata Bowling Performance

The Kolkata bowlers achieved wicket-taking success throughout the match at consistent intervals.

  • Vaibhav Arora – 2 wickets
  • Anukul Roy – 2 wickets
  • Sunil Narine – 1 wicket
  • Kartik Tyagi – 1 wicket
  • Cameron Green – 1 wicket

Kolkata suffered their third loss out of four matches because of this defeat. The previous match did not produce any results because of rainfall.

Final Over Details

Lucknow required 14 runs to win the match during the final over.

  • Ball 1: Avesh Khan took a single
  • Ball 2: Mukul hit a six
  • Balls 3–4: No runs scored
  • Equation: 7 runs needed from 2 balls
  • Ball 5: Mukul hit another six
  • Ball 6: No contact, but a bye gave the winning run

Lucknow finished their successful target pursuit during the last ball of the match.

Kolkata Batting Performance

Kolkata established a solid total through essential contributions from their main players.

  • Ajinkya Rahane – 41 (24 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes)
  • Raghuvanshi – 45 (33 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes)
  • Rovman Powell – 39 (24 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes)
  • Cameron Green – 32 (24 balls, 3 fours, 1 six)

Lucknow Bowling Performance

The Lucknow bowlers achieved wicket-taking success throughout the match at balanced intervals.

  • Prince Yadav – 1 wicket
  • Manimaran Siddharth – 1 wicket
  • Digvesh Rathi – 1 wicket
  • Avesh Khan – 1 wicket

Lucknow achieved control over the scoring during crucial periods which allowed them to win the match by a small margin.