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IPL 2026 KKR vs LSG Updates: Mukul Choudhary powers LSG to thrilling win!

Thu, 09 April 2026

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23:28

Mukul Choudhary powers LSG to thrilling win vs LSG

LSG 182-7 (20 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Mukul Choudhary smashed a brilliant half-century to power Lucknow Super Giants to a stunning three-wicket victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in a thrilling IPL 2026 match in Kolkata.

Mukul blasted a match-winning 54 from 27 balls, including seven sixes and two fours as LSG clinched a sensational victory off the last ball of the match.

LSG were struggling on 139/7 in 17 overs before Mukul scripted LSG's incredible comeback.

He struggled at the start, scoring just two runs from the first eight balls before hitting 52 from the next 19 balls.

LSG escaped to victory off the final ball off a bye after Mukul missed the pull shot off Vaibhav Arora.

23:20

Mukul's stunning fifty powers LSG to thrilling win!

Mukul Choudhary

LSG 182-7 (20 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Vaibhav Arora to bowl the final over. Avesh does his job as he taps the first ball on the leg side for a single to hand the strike back to Mukul.

LSG need 13 from 5 balls.

Mukul is unstoppable! He swings the back of length ball from Arora over square leg for a six.

LSG need 7 from 4 balls.

Arora switches to round the wicket. He beats Mukul with a wide yorker slanted across as the right-hander swings across the line.

LSG need 7 from 3 balls

Another superb bowling from Arora. Mukul shuffles across a long way trying to play the scoop but is beaten by another fine yorker.

However, Mukul plays another stunning shot off the next. He uses his wrists to good effect, thumping the full delivery powerfully over the covers for a six to race to his fifty from 26 balls.

What a superb knock under pressure!

LSG need 1 from last ball.

Mukul is beaten by the short ball but Avesh rushes across for the bye and wicketkeeper misses the direct hit.

23:13

Mukul's attack gives LSG hope

LSG 168-7 (19 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Cameron Green to bowl the crucial 19th over. He starts with a slower bouncer as Mukul skies it down the ground but it falls safely between long-off and long-on.

The next ball is again a slower short ball as Mukul misses the pull shot and is hit on the body.

Mukul makes connection as he swats the short ball powerfully over square leg for a flat six.

Green switches his line to outside the off-stump to beat Mukul, who then top edges the short ball for a four over the wicketkeeper.

Mukul on fire! He shuffles across but he nails a thumping pull shot over midwicket for the second six of the over.

Green is smashed for 14 in the 19th over as Mukul's attack brings LSG back into the contest.

He has blasted 42 from 22 balls to give LSG hopes. The partnership is 40 from 18 balls with all runs scored by Mukul.

23:08

Mukul's attack revives LSG

LSG 152-7 (18 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Pacer Kartik Tyagi to bowl the 18th over. Mukul shuffles across before he hammers the slower bouncer over long-off for a six using his strong wrists to good effect.

He can't time the full toss next ball hitting it to long-on before he pulls the next and again turns down the single.

Tyagi gifts Mukul a full toss which he clubs over long-on for the second six of the over.

He pulls the fifth ball to deep midwicket for a single and Avesh makes room to hit it over the off-side but only connects with thin air.

LSG need 30 from two overs. Can Mukul power them to a famous win at Eden Gardens?

23:03

LSG 7 down; KKR in control

LSG 139-7 (17 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Vaibhav Arora back into the attack. Mukul Choudhary pulls the first ball to deep square leg but doesn't take the single before he can't connect with the next.

He pulls the third ball through square leg for a four and then produces a stunning whip to hit the ball powerfully over long-on for a six -- replacing the great Mahendra Singh's Helicopter Shot.

'MS Dhoni, eat your heart out,' exclaims Faf du Plessis on commentary to celebrate Mukul's stunning shot.

He pulls the fifth ball on the bounce to deep midwicket for a single and Avesh has a big swing last ball but misses.

LSG need 43 from 3 overs for victory.

22:59

LSG 7 down; KKR on course for win

LSG 128-7 (16 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Narine back into the attack. Mukul Choudhary gets the first ball off the outside half before he is beaten next ball.

He plays and misses again off the third ball before a sweep shot gets him just a single.

Narine bowls another beauty to beat Shami on the outside edge, who plays a wild slog next ball but is caught at deep square leg for 1.

Superb bowling from Narine, giving away just a single in his final over, as he finishes with excellent figures of 1/13 in four overs, having sent down 14 dot balls.

22:55

Badoni out for 54; LSG 6 down

LSG 127-6 (15 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Pacer Navdeep Saini is back into the attack. He starts with a slower ball pitched wide as Badoni lofts it over the covers for a four.

The next ball is similar, slower and wide and Badoni again hits it through the off-side for another four.

He is then beaten trying to slash it square before he gets two runs off the next courtesy of a misfield.

Saini doesn't learn from his mistakes as he tries another slower ball which Badoni slashes over point for the third four of the over and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

In the next over, Badoni swings a full toss from Roy over midwicket for a six to race to his fifty from 33 balls.

However, Roy gets revenge off the next ball. He goes wide and gives it a lot of flight as Badoni reaches out for it, but only manages to loft a simple catch to Rinku at long-off.

Badoni walks after a good innings of 54 from 34 balls, with seven fours and two sixes.

22:41

LSG 5 down; KKR in control

LSG 104-5 (13 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Spinner Anukul Roy back into the attack. Samad takes a single first ball before Badoni sweeps the spinner behind square on the leg side for a four.

Badoni bowls a couple of wides on the off-side before he cleans up Samad, who attempts a big slog but fails to connect and is bowled for 2.

LSG stumble further to 104/5 in 13 overs, with 78 needed from seven overs.

Excellent over from Anukul, conceding just eight runs, with LSG scoring just 20 runs from the last four overs, while losing two big wickets.

22:37

Pooran out for 13; LSG in trouble

LSG 96-4 (12 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

The short ball tactics working for KKR. Kartik Tyagi strikes with the key wicket of Pooran, who mishits the bouncer and is caught at long-on for 13.

LSG in trouble on 95/4 in the 12th over.

All four LSG wickets have fallen to short balls with KKR's bowlers executing their plans to perfection.

Abdul Samad is beaten first ball as he looks to hit it through the covers. That last delivery was clocked at 146kph as Kartik Tyagi looks in good rhythm.

Samad gets off the mark with a single on the off-side off the last ball of the over.

LSG have managed just 12 runs from the last three overs while losing the key wicket of Pooran.

They need 86 from the last eight overs for victory.

22:32

KKR's bowlers keep LSG in check

Cameron Green

LSG 90-3 (11 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Narine up against his former West Indies team-mate Pooran, who is beaten first ball and is beaten again on the outside edge two balls later.

Pooran clips the fourth ball off his pads for a single before Badoni can't get a run off the last two balls.

Excellent bowling from Narine as he concedes just a single in his third over.

LSG are 85/3 in 10 overs, needing another 97 for victory from 60 balls.

Pacer Navdeep Saini comes back into the attack. He starts with a slower ball as Pooran pushes it into the covers and plays and misses next ball.

Saini bowls a wide down the leg side before Pooran plays a nice drive through thee covers as Rahane makes a diving stop running to his right at long-off to save the boundary and keep it down to two runs.

A well-disguised slower ball from Saini, the length ball slanted across, as Pooran has a big swing but misses.

LSG's director of cricket Tom Moody in a chat with the commentators reveals that Sri Lankan Wanindu Hasaranga won't be joining the team and that they are looking to sign a replacement in the next few days.

Pooran slaps the last ball square on the off-side for a couple of runs as Saini does well to give away five runs from his second over.

22:32

Cameron Green strikes; Pant out for 10

LSG 84-3 (9 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Cameron Green to bowl for the first time in IPL 2026. KKR have been waiting for this moment for the past few week as Green's bowling adds a lot of balance to their line-up.

Green makes an immediate impact as he strikes with the key wicket of LSG captain Pant with his second ball.

Pant top edges the pull shot and is caught at short fine leg for 10 as LSG slip to 73/3 in the ninth over.

Green bowls a slower ball bouncer to new batter Nicholas Pooran but it sails high over the left-hander and is ruled a wide for height.

A single each to Pooran and Badoni before the left-hander pulls the short ball over the fielder at deep midwicket for a six.

But that is ruled a no-ball for the third high bouncer of the over. Pooran pulls the free hit delivery but is caught at deep midwicket for just a single.

22:10

LSG struggle after early wickets

LSG 72-2 (8 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Pacer Kartik Tyagi comes into the attack after the Powerplay. Badoni looks in good touch as he punches the first ball square on the off-side for a four and then takes a single.

Pant clips the third ball off his pads for one and Badoni cuts the next to deep point for one.

Pant steps out to smash the full delivery from the pacer through mid-off for a four and pulls the last ball for a single.

Narine continues with the ball. Pant slashes the first ball to sweeper cover for a single before Badoni defends the next back to the bowler.

Singles from the next three balls before Pant gets the leading edge last ball, as he is early into the flick.

Just four runs from the over as Narine continues to be tight, giving away 11 runs from two overs.

LSG are 72/2 in eight overs, needing 110 from 12 overs for victory at an asking rate of 9.17.

22:01

Arora's double strike rocks LSG

LSG 56-2 (6 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Spinner Sunil Narine comes into the attack. Badoni keeps out the first ball before he takes a single down to long-on.

Pant clips the third ball through square leg for one and Badoni hits the fourth ball through the covers for a four.

He keeps strike with a single from the last ball of the over as Narine gives away seven runs from his opening over.

LSG are 56/2 in six overs, with Badoni on eight and Pant on 2. They need 126 from 14 overs for victory at at an asking rate of exactly nine.

21:56

Vaibhav Arora dismisses Marsh, Markram

LSG 49-2 (5 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy continues. He continues to be tidy conceding four singles from the first five balls before Marsh makes up by sweeping the last ball for a six over square leg.

Vaibhav Arora comes back into the attack. He strikes with the first ball of the fifth over as Markram pulls the short ball straight to Powell at deep midwicket to perish for 22 from 15 balls.

Rishabh Pant walks in at No 3 as he clips the first ball for a single to get off the mark.

Arora strikes again in the over with the wicket of the other LSG opener Marsh for 15.

Once again the bouncer does the track as Marsh misses the pull shot but gets a thin edge which is taken down the leg side by wicketkeeper Raghuvanshi for 15.

Ayush Badoni, who comes in for Siddharth as the Impact Player, walks in at No 4.

Nearly another wicket off the short ball as Badoni top edges the pull shot which clears the fielder at fine leg for a six. He plays a much controlled pull shot off the last ball for a single.

21:44

Marsh, Markram give LSG good start

LSG 31-0 (3 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

Fast bowler Navdeep Saini comes into the attack. Markram plays the pick up shot first ball flicking it over midwicket for a four. He gets the next ball bang off the middle, whipping it over the same region in grand style for a six.

Saini looks to corrects his line but ends up bowling a wide half-volley which Markram drives past mid-off for a four.

Saini gets some swing into Markram, who misses the flick to collect a leg bye. Markram picks a single before Markram gets the last ball in the gap at midwicket for two runs to get 18 from the third over.

21:39

LSG off to slow start; KKR post 181

LSG 13-0 (2 ovs) vs KKR 181-4 | SCORECARD

The powerful duo of Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh walk out to open the batting for LSG.

Seamer Vaibhav Arora will take the new ball for KKR.

The first ball is a loose delivery, short and wide, as Marsh unleashes a powerful cut shot past point for a four to get off the mark.

Marsh takes a single off the third ball to mid-off and Markram keeps out the next two balls before he flicks the last ball to midwicket for a single, as just six runs come from the first over.

Spunner Anukul Roy from the other end. Markram drives the first ball to long-off for a single followed by a wide down the leg side.

Marsh defends the third ball back to the bowler before he takes a single to long-off.

Another single to Markram before Marsh misses the sweep to get a leg bye before the spinner sends down another wide.

Markram keeps strike with another single down to long-off as LSG make a steady start with 13 coming from the first two overs.

21:18

LSG bowlers restrict KKR to 181

KKR 181-4 (20 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Prince Yadav to bowl the final over. Powell plays the lap sweep first ball, gliding the pacer fine on the leg side for a four. The next ball is a high bouncer as Powell plays and misses as it is given a wide.

A good yorker as Powell can only hit it back past the bowler for a single.

Green swings hard but the ball goes off the thick inside edge past the stumps for a four to fine leg.

He flicks the fifth ball for just a single as Prince gets the yorker right.

A superb slower ball from Prince outside the line of off-stump as Powell swings and misses and the same last ball with the KKR batters stealing a quick bye.

LSG's bowlers have made a good comeback to restrict KKR to 181/4 in 20 overs.

Powell provided the flourish at the end, stroking 39 from 24 balls, but Green struggled once again to score 32 from 24 balls, with three fours and a six.

The duo found the going tough at the end but still managed to hit a few boundaries to put on 70 from 40 balls, with KKR smashing 66 from the last five overs.

KKR were well-placed on 98/1 in 10 overs but managed just 83 in the next 10 overs as LSG made a good comeback through their spinners.

21:10

Powell-Green revive Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR 169-4 (19 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Shami to bowl the 19th over. Powell misses the flick but takes a leg bye before Green picks the slower ball early and smacks it over long-on for a 87m six.

An angry Shami responds with a bouncer as Green swings and misses before he takes another review for the wide not given.

This time the ball has clearly flown over Green as the decision is overturned for a wide.

Green hits the next to long-off for one before Powell can jam his bat down to keep out the yorker for a single.

Another excellent yorker from Shami as Green digs it out on the off-side for one and Powell gets a single from the last ball.

12 runs from the over as Shami finishes with 27 runs from his four overs.

21:04

Powell-Green revive Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR 157-4 (18 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Avesh Khan to bowl the 18th over. Green gets an inside edge first ball for one before Powell is hurried into the pull shot for a couple of runs.

Avesh gifts Powell a full toss which he despatches wide of long-on for a four.

The pacer then bowls a wide before Powell mistimes the full toss to long-on for one.

Green standing right back in his crease swings hard but misses the pull shot off a bouncer bowled away from the stumps. Green thinks it is high as he takes the review but is clearly below the head height of the batter.

The TV umpire taking too long with the review as the replays take time.

The decision of non-wide stays before Green heaves a sigh of relief as he swats Avesh's last ball through midwicket for a four -- only his second boundary from 19 balls faced.

20:56

Powell-Green revive Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR 144-4 (17 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Pacer Prince back into the attack. Singles off the first two balls before Green guides the slower bouncer past short thirdman for a four -- his first boundary after 15 balls.

He picks a single next ball before Powell powerfully blasts the fourth ball straight back past the bowler for a four.

Powell getting a move on as he swings the next ball, a full toss, high over midwicket for a six, to get 17 from the 17th over.

Powell has shown great intent to smash 25 from 14 balls but Green has struggled to score 14 from 16 balls.

20:49

Rinku out for 4; KKR in trouble

KKR 127-4 (16 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Rathi comes back to bowl his fourth and final over. Powell pulls the first ball for a single to deep square leg before Green struggles to get going.

Green looks keen to play out Rathi's final over as he watchfully plays three dots in a row before taking a single on the leg side and Powell keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Three runs from the 15th over as Rathi finishes with good figures of 1/25 in four overs.

Spinner Siddharth back from the other end. Powell comes down the track and swings the first ball over midwicket for a six -- the first boundary afte4 31 balls. He gets lucky as he looks to heave the spinner once again but gets an inside edge which beats Pant for a four.

Powell hits the next ball straight back as it goes off the bowler's hands on to the stumps but non-striker Green's feet are firmly back in the crease.

A single each to Powell and Green off the last two balls to make it 12 runs from the 16th over.

20:44

Rinku out for 4; KKR in trouble

Digvesh Rathi celebrates with Rishabh Pant after taking the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane.

KKR 112-4 (14 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Shami, who bowled a tidy spell with the new ball, comes back for his second spell.

Excellent bowling from the veteran pacer as he keeps things tight by conceding five singles in his third over.

KKR need some boundaries in the next few overs to seize the momentum.

Avesh, who bowled two poor overs, redeems himself with the key wicket of Rinku. The left-hander looks to run the back of length delivery to thirdman but fails to connect and is bowled for four.

KKR in trouble on 111/4 in the 14th over, losing three wickets for 12 runs in the space of 18 balls.

Rovman Powell shows some intent as he attempts the pull shot first ball but only manages to mishit it back to the bowler.

The next ball is another quick bouncer as Powell misses the pull shot before he under edges the fifth ball on the bounce to the wicketkeeper.

He gets off the mark with a single off the last ball -- the only run of the over.

KKR have lost the momentum as they are reduced to 112/4 in 14 overs.

They were well-placed on 98/1 in 10 overs at the halfway before losing three wickets for 14 runs in the next four overs.

20:29

Rahane, Raghuvanshi perish; KKR 3 down

KKR 106-3 (12 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

One wicket leads to another as KKR lose both their well-set batters. Raghuvanshi skips down the track to loft spinner Siddharth down the ground but holes out a simple catch to Aiden Markram at long-on.

Raghuvanshi disappointed as he fails to carry on, walking back after a fluent 45 from 33 balls.

Two wickets in nine balls as KKR are forced into rebuilding mode once again.

Rinku Singh gets off the mark with a single through midwicket and Green keeps out the last two balls.

KKR have stumbled, scoring eight runs from the last two overs while losing two wickets.

20:25

Rahane out for 41; KKR 2 down

KKR 102-2 (11 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Digvesh Rathi makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Rahane. The KKR captain flicks the leggie uppishly as an alert Shami takes a superb low catch at midwicket.

The umpires check if the catch has been taken cleanly. Shami's fingers are clearly underneath the ball as the catch is ruled clean.

Rahane walks back after a fine knock of 41 from 24 balls at a strike rate of 170, having put on 84 from 52 balls for the second wicket with Raghuvanshi.

Huge pressure on Cameron Green as he walks out to bat at No 4. He inside edges the first ball he faces from Rathi before taking a single to get off the mark.

Singles off the last two balls as Rathi bowls an excellent conceding four runs while taking the wicket of the well-set Rahane.

20:19

Rahane, Raghuvanshi pile on the runs for KKR

KKR 98-1 (10 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Pacer Prince Yadav back into the attack with LSG desperate for a breakthrough.

Rahane pulls the first ball for a single followed by a wide for a high bouncer.

Raghuvanshi clips the third ball for a single and Rahane pushes the slower ball for just a single.

Prince bowls a poor delivery, overpitched on the stumps as Raghuvanshi glances it fine for a four.

He pulls the last ball for a single to deep square as KKR reach 98/1 in 10 overs at the halfway mark, with both batters in the 40s.

20:16

Rahane, Raghuvanshi get KKR back on track

KKR 89-1 (9 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Surprisingly, a lot of empty seats at the Eden Gardens for this game. Rahane continues to grow in confidence. He slashes at a short wide delivery from Avesh hitting it over point for a six despite losing his bat in the process.

He then square drives a wide half-volley to sweeper cover for a single to race to 39 from 21 balls at a strike rate of 185.

Raghuvanshi plays a stylish pick up whipping the slower ball from Avesh over square leg for the second six of the over.

Another 15 run over from Avesh who has conceded 30 from two overs.

Rahane and Raghuvanshi have put on 74 from 44 balls for the second wicket to lay the foundation for KKR.

20:09

Rahane, Raghuvanshi get KKR back on track

Angkrish Raghuvanshi hits a six.

KKR 74-1 (8 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

KKR will be keen to continue the momentum in the middle overs with regular boundaries.

Spinner Siddharth back into the attack. Rahane clips the first ball for one and Raghuvanshi plays a nice drive through the covers for two runs.

He then powerfully sweeps the third ball through square leg for a four before taking one on the off-side.

Rahane clips the fifth ball square on the leg side for one and Raghuvanshi can't find the gap for a dot ball to end the over.

Spin from both ends as Rathi also comes back from the other end. Raghuvanshi misses the reverse sweep and is struck on the pads but the leg before shout is turned down.

LSG captain Rishabh Pant decides against the DRS with the impact outside the line.

Rahane plays a cracking flick off a full delivery on the pads in the gap through midwicket for a four.

Singles off the last three balls to get nine from the eighth over.

19:59

Rahane, Raghuvanshi steady KKR

KKR 56-1 (6 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Leg-spinner Digvesh Rathi comes into the attack as LSG introduce both spinners in the Powerplay.

He makes a good start with three dots in a row to Rahane, who then breaks free with back to back fours.

Rahane lofts the fourth ball back over the bowler's head for a boundary. The spinner shortens his length and this time Rahane slices it behind point for another four and gets two runs off the last ball to long-on to get 10 from the over.

Pacer Avesh Khan comes into the attack. He gets the first ball to jag in sharply to beat Raghuvanshi on the inside edge as he tries to slap it square on the off-side.

He then misses the sweep off a full toss for a leg bye before Rahane picks one off the next.

Angkrish upper cuts the short wide ball from Avesh over point for a four to bring up KKR's 50, in the sixth over.

Avesh then bowls it up but Angkrish up to the task as he hammers it inside out over the covers for a six. He then punches the last ball through the covers with some great timing for another four to get 15 from the over.

35 from the last three overs as KKR recover to 56/1 in six overs, with Raghuvanshi on 20 from 15 balls and Rahane on 23 from 13 balls.

19:52

KKR struggle after early wicket

KKR 30-1 (4 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Shami to bowl his second over. Raghuvanshi can't find the gap off the first three balls, hitting it to the fielders on the off-side. He then backs away and smashes Shami over the covers for a boundary before he gets a single off the last ball to keep strike.

Shami has once again made a good start with the ball, conceding just 11 runs from two overs, including seven dot balls.

Left-arm spinner Manimaran Siddharth comes into the attack to bowl the fourth over.

He bowls a wide down the leg side as Pant fails to collect and concedes two extra runs. Rahane then uses his feet and makes room to hammer the spinner inside out over the covers for a six and takes one off the next.

Raghuvanshi hits the fifth ball into the covers and sweeps the last ball to the fielder at short fine leg.

19:48

Big blow for KKR; Allen out for 9

KKR 16-1 (2 ovs) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Fast bowler Prince Yadav from the other end. He starts with a wide down the leg side before Allen flicks the next behind square on the leg side for a four.

Allen gets another boundary next ball as he looks to hack it over the leg side but it goes off the thick inside edge past short fine leg for another four.

Prince gets revenge as Allen again tries to slog it over the leg side but gets a top edge as Digvesh Rathi takes a superb catch on the edge of the boundary at thirdman.

Allen walks back for nine as KKR suffer an early blow.

A closer look at the replays makes things interesting. Did Rathi's shoes touch the boundary cushions as he ran back to take the catch? That was very close but the umpires didn't check and Allen also decided to walk off.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi walks in at No 3 as Cameron Green is pushed down the order.

He gets off the mark with a single to deep point and Rahane keeps out the last ball on the off-side.

19:37

LSG elect to bowl; Narine back for KKR

KKR 6-0 (1 ov) vs LSG | SCORECARD

Finn Allen and Ajinkya Rahane are the two openers for KKR, while Mohammed Shami will open the bowling for LSG.

Rahane guides the first ball to thirdman for a single to get off the mark before Allen throws his bat at the back of length delivery angled across to be beaten on the outside edge.

The next ball is full and moves away quite a lot to beat Allen once again on the outside edge.

Allen comes down the track and tries to loft it down the ground but is beaten on the inside edge this time as Shami gets the ball to jag into the right-hander.

Allen gets the fifth ball off the outside to thirdman for one and Rahane hits it straight back past the bowler for a four.

19:26

KKR bring in Narine; LSG unchanged

KKR have bolstered their spin department as Sunil Narine comes back into the playing XI. It remains to be seen if he bats up the order or KKR continue with their same batting order.

LSG continue with their same top heavy batting line-up with Marsh, Markram and Pant as their top three. All eyes will be on pacer Mohammed Shami, who has a lot of experience of playing at the Eden Gardens.

Check out the playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (w/k), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.

Impact Subs: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert.

Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (Captain, w/k), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmad, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh.

19:05

LSG elect to bowl; Narine back for KKR

Rishabh Pant

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2026 match in Kolkata.

'We wanted to bowl as well,' says KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane at the toss.

KKR have made one change as Sunil Narine comes in for pacer Blessing Muzarabani, while Varun Chakravarthy misses out as he is still recovering.

When asked if Cameron Green will bowl in this game, Rahane replies: 'Green will bowl when he is allowed to bowl, then we will have a better comibination.'

LSG have retained the same playing XI.

18:56

Clear weather predicted for KKR-LSG match

The previous match at this venue between KKR and Punjab Kings on Monday was abandoned after just 3.4 overs because of rain.

But we are set to have a full match of 20 overs today with the weather quite clear and no prediction for later in the evening.

18:35

Struggling KKR eye turnaround against LSG

Kolkata Knight Riders

Welcome to the coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants in Kolkata on Thursday.

Out of tune and bereft of ideas, KKR may ring in sweeping changes in search of their first win of the season when they face a Mohammed Shami-inspired LSG at Eden Gardens.

Shami is fresh from his outstanding spell of 2/9 in four overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head in successive overs -- the same duo who had battered KKR the other day.

The 'local' man Shami, who plays domestic cricket for Bengal, is a fine exponent of straight seam bowling and movement. He will relish the conditions at Eden Gardens and could emerge as a key threat for a KKR who are yet to win after three matches.

While Shami will be a major threat in the power play, tackling the rest of LSG's attack including Prince Yadav and mystery spinner Digvesh Rathi could also be decisive.

LSG's strength lies in their bowling in the Powerplay, something evident when they reduced both Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad to identical scores of 26/4 early on.

KKR with their fragile batting it would be an interesting contest early on.

KKR have persisted with the Ajinkya Rahane-Finn Allen opening combination with mixed results, but may look to restore balance by reuniting the Kiwi duo of Allen with Tim Seifert, who has been overlooked in a baffling decision.

Rachin Ravindra could also come into contention in the middle order, offering an additional spin option.

KKR's biggest concern has been the poor returns of Sunil Narine (one wicket for 69 runs in eight overs) and India spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who is yet to take a wicket.

Both were indisposed in the last game against PBKS and could return, while the team may also look at their find Daksh Kamra, an emerging 'mystery' spinner.

Their costliest overseas buy, Rs 25.20-crore recruit Cameron Green, who has managed scores of 18, 2 and 4, has struggled with the bat and is yet to bowl due to Cricket Australia's workload management guidelines.

LSG, meanwhile, will be buoyed by their recent win, especially with the way Rishabh Pant, batting at No. 3, showed maturity and game awareness to anchor the chase with an unbeaten 68.

The LSG also boast of Aussie skipper Mitchell Marsh and veteran Aiden Markram in top-three and their match-up against struggling KKR bowlers would be a key contest.

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