26 April,2026 12:08 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Rishabh Pant (Pic: File Pic)
In the highly anticipated game of the IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) emerged victorious in the Super Over match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.
After suffering a loss in the match, LSG's skipper Rishabh Pant said, "See, I think we definitely need a break. I think we're gonna refresh, there is always pressure and it's gonna be pressure game always, but at the same time, we have to look for answers inside, not outside. And just keep it simple. Just take accountability, each and every guy. Like, it can't be about one or two guys. It has to be about the whole unit and a lot of people will take accountability for that for sure. (Pooran is out of form, what was the thought process behind sending him) We had a discussion as a group we had a discussion and the name came up was Nicholas Pooran. He might not go through the best form of his life, but at the same time, you will trust your player in a hard situation like this. They're gonna come up nicely. So, no excuses there. Just looking at the positive, there might not be enough positive right now, but I think after the break, there will be a lot of enough positive for sure. (Thoughts behind bowling Digvesh Rathi?) See, there are always time in cricket where you can turn a little bit of bowling at the same time. But sometimes bowlers got to bowl those hard overs. And there will be time when I have to give him that in middle overs because I was looking for a wicket. I just didn't get one. That was the thought process behind it. And too many minds doesn't make it easy on the ground".
Having put to chase a target of two runs, KKR's Rinku Singh smashed a boundary on the very first ball.
In the Super Over, Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Sunil Narine bagged two wickets. Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram departed on one-ball ducks. Skipper Pant scored an unbeaten one run in one ball.
In the IPL 2026 match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) Mohammed Shami smashed a match-saving maximum. Following the heroics from Shami, the match has proceeded to 'Super Over'.
With an aim of chasing the target of 156 runs, the Super Giants managed to reach 155 runs by losing eight wickets in 20 overs.
Opening batsman Mitchell Marsh departed early on two runs in three balls. Fellow opening batsman Aiden Markram scored 31 runs in 27 balls, including two boundaries and a maximum.
Skipper Rishabh Pant delivered a knock of 42 runs after facing 38 balls. His knock was laced with four boundaries and a maximum. Nicholas Pooran departed on nine runs in 12 balls, including a maximum.
Mukul Choudhary was also dismissed on one run in two balls. Ayush Badoni garnered 24 runs in 19 balls, including two maximums. George Linde also returned to the pavilion after scoring eight runs in four balls, including two boundaries. Impact Player Himmat Singh scored 19 runs in 10 balls, including two boundaries and a maximum. Mohammed Shami smashed an unbeaten 11 runs in six balls, including a boundary and a maximum.
KKR's Vaibhav Arora and Impact Player Varun Chakaravarthy bagged two wickets each. Anukul Roy, Cameron Green, Kartik Tyagi, and Sunil Narine also chipped in with one wicket each.
Earlier, having put to bat first, Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane departed on 10 runs in 15 balls, including a maximum. Wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert was dismissed on a three-ball duck.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi was declared out due to obstructing the field. His knock of nine runs ended in eight balls, including a boundary. Cameron Green garnered 34 runs in 21 balls, laced with three maximums. Rovman Powell also returned to the pavilion on one run in four balls.
Later, Anukul Roy was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Ramandeep Singh also managed to score just six runs in 11 balls. Rinku Singh smashed an unbeaten 83 runs off 51 balls, including seven boundaries and five maximums. Shouldering him was Sunil Narine, who scored four runs in six balls. With this, the Knight Riders posted a total of 155 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs against the Super Giants.
LSG's Mohsin Khan returned with the figures of five wickets for 23 runs in four overs. George Linde also bagged one wicket by leaking 18 runs in two overs. Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, and Aiden Markram went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against KKR.
