Lucknow in the playoffs with a thrilling one-run win

Lucknow in the playoffs with a thrilling one-run win

Lucknow Supergiants have entered the playoffs of the current season of the Indian Premier League. Krunal team has become the third team to make it to the playoffs.

Lucknow beat Kolkata by one run. With this victory of Lucknow, Kolkata Knight Riders is out of the race. Kolkata has become the fourth team to be eliminated from the current season.

After the 68th match, now one place in the playoffs is vacant and Bangalore, Mumbai and Rajasthan are in the race.

Kolkata won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Eden Gardens Stadium. Playing first, Lucknow scored 176 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kolkata batsmen could only manage 175 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Good start of kolkata

Kolkata started with a bang. The team scored 61 runs for one wicket in 6 overs. Venkatesh Iyer got out after scoring 24 runs.

Chasing a target of 177 runs, Kolkata openers gave their team a brisk start. The pair of Jason Roy and Venkatesh Iyer scored 61 runs off 35 balls. This partnership was broken by Krishnappa Gautam by dismissing Venkatesh.

Lucknow scored 176 runs with Pooran fifty

Batting first after losing the toss, Lucknow scored 176 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Kolkata won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Eden Gardens Stadium. Nicholas Pooran scored 58 runs on 30 balls from Lucknow. Quinton de Kock contributed 28, Prerak Mankad 26 and Ayush Badoni contributed 25 runs. Vaibhav Arora, Shardul Thakur and Sunil Narine took 2-2 wickets.