26/04Result
38th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Lucknow, Apr 26 2026
Match tied (KKR won the Super Over)
Player of the Match
Rinku Singh
Rinku SinghKolkata Knight Riders
26/04Result
38th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Lucknow, Apr 26 2026
Match tied (KKR won the Super Over)
Player of the Match
Rinku Singh
Rinku SinghKolkata Knight Riders

END OF OVER:
20 | 16 Runs 1 Wkt | LSG: 155/8 (1 run required, RR: 7.75)

  • Mohammed Shami11 (6b)
  • Prince Yadav0 (1b)
  • Kartik Tyagi4-0-41-1
  • Vaibhav Arora4-0-24-2

11:34pm Right. The LSG batters make their way out. Markram and Pooran to take guard for LSG. Narine to bowl, which is not at all a surprise. Narine has famously bowled a Super Over to Pooran, albeit in the CPL. What do we have in store tonight?

11:29pm What a game. What drama. And it is still not done yet. We are going into over-time. KKR crestfallen. LSG over the moon having pulled a tie out of the fire. It should probably not have gotten this deep, given the batting LSG had. But they just could not get out of second gear throughout. Credit to KKR for it. They stuck to their guns, they held their lengths, they tried their best but in the end, they just could not find the nerve to close out the game.

They will have a chance to set things right, though. LSG will too. But until this Super Over is done, we will not know who will end the night happier, and who will end this evening having experienced the elation of winning a match that they, at some point, would have felt had slipped.

19.6
6
Kartik Tyagi to Mohammed Shami, SIX, and we are going into a Super Over! Goodness gracious me! Mohammed Shami, what are you made of?! All those years. All that experience. All that pedigree. And all of it has now unfurled itself when LSG needed it most. Shami, a match-winner for every team with the ball, now pops up with heroics with the bat. In the slot outside off and Shami slams it over long off. Shami storms off, somehow still livid about something. Does he think he should have finished this game off altogether? Well, we will never know. But what we know is that we have a Super Over, and this game, which has ebbed and flowed for the past half an hour, is not done yet!

7 off 1

19.5
0
Kartik Tyagi to Mohammed Shami, no run, back of a length outside off and this zips through. Shami swings like a rusty gate and is a week late on the stroke. Clean past the outside edge, and LSG need seven off one now!

7 off 2. Super Over territory, perhaps?

19.4
1b
Kartik Tyagi to Prince Yadav, 1 bye, well well! Slower ball on a back of a length wide outside off. Prince shuffles across, trying to lap it. Misses it completely and Seifert fumbles again - this time, allowing Shami to pinch a bye

Prince on strike now. 8 off 3

19.3
W
Kartik Tyagi to Himmat Singh, OUT, shanked to deep backward square leg, and guess who is there on the fence to pouch it! Rinku could catch a cold in the desert tonight! Shortish outside off. Himmat moves across and looks to mow it leg side. Cannot free his arms fully and his short-arm-jab flies harmlessly towards deep backward square leg. Rinku throws the ball into the turf in frustration, and this could be the game for KKR!

Himmat Singh c Singh b Kartik Tyagi 19 (28m 10b 2x4 1x6) SR: 190

19.2
4
Kartik Tyagi to Himmat Singh, FOUR, banged in short, and Himmat pounces! LSG believe and their fans believe as well now. Sits up outside off. Himmat swivels and belts it behind square. One bounce and into the fence!

12 off 5. Tyagi can no longer bowl. Another twist to this slow-burner of a tale. A KKR conference ongoing, and the decision is that Roy will bowl. They could have gone to Green. They opt not to. Big, big call. Free hit coming up

But hang on. Scratch all of that because Tyagi has the ball again. Not sure how this is possible but it is happening

19.2
3nb
Kartik Tyagi to Himmat Singh, (no ball) 2 runs, oh, this could be another No ball! Caught at long on, and the No ball has been called! Tyagi wants to review, and this could be an enormous moment in the game! Borderline high full toss, on off stump. Himmat swipes at it and cloths it towards long on. Catch is taken but that may be immaterial for now. All eyes on Ball Tracking. What does Ball Tracking have in store for us here. Proper drama in Lucknow. Himmat's waist is measured at 1.01m, and the ball passes at 1.08m. And to add to KKR's woes, Tyagi may not be allowed to bowl anymore because he has bowled two high full tosses.

Free hit coming up. 15 off 5

19.2
1nb
Kartik Tyagi to Himmat Singh, 1 no ball, oh dear - surely this is going to be a No ball! Chest-high full toss on off and Himmat does well to actually get bat on it and protect himself. Off the splice and into the short mid wicket region, but a Free hit will ensue now!

Super Over anyone?

Celine : "The brilliant 26 runs in the final over makes all the difference in the chase in this game!"

19.1
1b
Kartik Tyagi to Mohammed Shami, 1 bye, off-pace and into the track outside off. Shami has a massive swish at it and misses. Seifert fumbles too and Himmat pinches a bye

17 off 6. How are the nerves, everyone? Tyagi to bowl. Shami on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | LSG: 139/7 (17 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.31, RRR: 17.00)

  • Himmat Singh13 (6b)
  • Mohammed Shami5 (3b)
  • Vaibhav Arora4-0-24-2
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-33-2
18.6
4
Arora to Himmat Singh, FOUR, this is a terrific shot, and Himmat keeps LSG believing! Misses the wide yorker this time but only by a smidgen. That is all Himmat needs, though. He sits deep in his crease and scythes it over point!

Professor: "Great to see Varun getting his confidence back and among the wickets."

18.5
1
Arora to Mohammed Shami, 1 run, slower bumper wide outside off. Shami has a waft at it and upper-cuts it just beyond point. It was in the air but enough to Rahane's left
18.4
0
Arora to Mohammed Shami, no run, borderline waist-high full toss outside off. Shami throws the plumbing at it and misses. Not called a No ball, and LSG opt against the review too
18.3
4
Arora to Mohammed Shami, FOUR, Shami wants a piece of the fun too! Right in the slot outside off. Shami gives it the good'ol wind-up and thumps it over the bowler's head!
18.3
1w
Arora to Mohammed Shami, 1 wide, nails the yorker but it is a little too far beyond the tramlines. Shami swishes and misses, and the wide gets called

Shami to wield the willow now

18.2
W
Arora to Linde, OUT, chipped straight to long on, and Rinku can do no wrong tonight! Full and spearing into the batter, who is backing away outside leg. Linde checks his whip and the ball carries all the way to Rinku. Half measures from Linde and LSG, and that perhaps sums up how this chase has gone for them. KKR well and truly in the box seat now!

GF Linde c Singh b Arora 8 (4m 4b 2x4 0x6) SR: 200

Around the wicket to Linde too

18.1
1
Arora to Himmat Singh, 1 run, length ball hung up a mile outside off. Himmat does well to reach it but can only cloth it to long off

Saftar Haasmi: "Field positions and bowling change. Rahane as captain on top today"

28 off 12. Arora to bowl. Himmat on strike. LSG still in it. Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | LSG: 128/6 (28 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.11, RRR: 14.00)

  • George Linde8 (3b)
  • Himmat Singh8 (4b)
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-33-2
  • Kartik Tyagi3-0-27-0
17.6
4
Varun to Linde, FOUR, successive boundaries, and this game is not done yet! Attempted seam-up bumper outside off. Linde fetches it and forehands it towards long on. Ramandeep gets his right hand to it but it is not strong enough to stop the boundary!
17.5
4
Varun to Linde, FOUR, Powell sprawls, but he cannot bring this under his spell! Back of a length outside off. Linde is too early into his slap and chips it to long off's right. Powell gives it all he has, diving to his right, but the ball scrapes his palms before dribbling into the fence!
17.4
0
Varun to Linde, no run, back of a length outside off. Slanted across from over the wicket too and Linde, swishing at it, only swishes at thin air

Linde in at 8. He can give it a whack too

17.3
W
Varun to Badoni, OUT, swatted to deep mid wicket, and Varun is the man for KKR tonight! Back of a length on the stumps. Seems to skid through a touch, meaning that Badoni cannot free his arms fully. Hacks at it anyway and arrows it flat to Roy, who bends down low and picks it up inches off the turf. LSG six down, and in a whole heap of trouble now!

A Badoni c Roy b Varun 24 (28m 19b 0x4 2x6) SR: 126.31

17.2
1
Varun to Himmat Singh, 1 run, flighted up full just outside off. Himmat gets onto the front foot and drives it to long off
17.1
1
Varun to Badoni, 1 run, back of a length just outside off. Badoni tries to give himself room but cuts it straight to backward point

38 off 18. Varun to bowl. Badoni on strike. Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
17 | 14 Runs | LSG: 118/5 (38 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.94, RRR: 12.66)

  • Ayush Badoni23 (17b)
  • Himmat Singh7 (3b)
  • Kartik Tyagi3-0-27-0
  • Anukul Roy2-0-19-1
16.6
1
Kartik Tyagi to Badoni, 1 run, full toss wide outside off. Badoni reaches out for it and drills it towards deep point
16.5
0
Kartik Tyagi to Badoni, no run, slower ball on a length wide outside off. Badoni looks to repeat the scooping dose but is too early into the stroke on this occasion
16.4
0
Kartik Tyagi to Badoni, no run, low full toss outside off and Badoni misses out. Throws his hands at it but is a touch late on it. Tyagi will feel he got away with one there

Long off, long on, deep mid wicket, deep square and deep point on the fence. 39 off 21

16.3
6
Kartik Tyagi to Badoni, SIX, six more! Badoni turning on the style! Full toss outside off. Badoni shimmies across, gets down on one knee and laps it over the fine leg fence!

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LSG 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8MR MarshAK Markram
2nd57AK MarkramRR Pant
3rd13N PooranRR Pant
4th11N PooranA Badoni
5th4A BadoniMD Choudhary
6th27Himmat SinghA Badoni
7th9GF LindeHimmat Singh
8th19Mohammed ShamiHimmat Singh
9th7Mohammed ShamiPrince Yadav