KKR defeated Lucknow by 8 wickets, Philip Salt scored 89 runs

KKR vs LSG, IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets in the first match of the double header on Sunday. For KKR, opener Philip Salt played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs. Shreyas Iyer also scored an important 38 runs. Batting first, Lucknow team scored 161 runs at Eden Gardens. In reply, KKR lost two of its batsmen in quick succession. But Salt stood firm from one end and scored 89 runs in 47 balls with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Shreyas Iyer supported him fully. There was an unbroken partnership of 120 runs between the two.

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Shreyas Iyer hit six fours during his unbeaten inning of 38 runs in 38 balls. Earlier, Kolkata bowlers restricted Lucknow to the score of 161. No batsman from Lucknow could score a half-century. This is the third defeat of Lucknow Supergiants in six matches. Useful innings of Nicholas Pooran (45 runs in 32 balls) and captain Lokesh Rahul (39 runs in 27 balls) took LSG to a score of more than 160 runs. Puran hit four sixes and two fours in the last overs. Rahul hit three fours and two sixes in his innings. Ayush Badoni, who scored a half-century in the last match, scored 29 runs in 27 balls with the help of two fours and a six. Apart from these three, no other batsman of the team could cross the 10-run mark. Mitchell Starc took three wickets for 28 runs for KKR.

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Talking about Kolkata’s innings, the on-field umpire declared Shreyas Iyer out on Joseph’s ball in the seventh over, but he was saved after taking review. The ball hit his thigh and went into the hands of the wicketkeeper. In the same over, Arshad Khan tried to catch Salt’s shot but the ball hit his hand and went for six runs. Salt completed his second half-century of the current season in 26 balls by hitting two and three fours against Arshad in the eighth and 10th overs of the innings. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer hit a four against Ravi Bishnoi. Salt continued his aggressive innings and completed a century partnership with Shreyas by hitting three fours against Yash Thakur in the 14th over.