Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs on his home ground on Tuesday with the help of the best innings of Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Puran. Batting first, Lucknow scored 238 runs at the loss of three wickets. In response, Kolkata Knight Riders were able to score only 234 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs.
Was very close to the match
After the match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “This match was really very close. As I said at the time of the toss, the wicket remained good throughout the 40 overs. We tried our best, it was a great game, but finally we lost by 4 runs.”
The target of more than 230 was difficult
Rahane further said, “When you are chasing a target of more than 230, you keep falling wickets. It was a great wicket, on which it was very good to bat. The batsmen had to take some time initially.”
Meditation on bowling in middle overs
The Kolkata captain also talked about his bowling. He said, “The bowling attack we have, we control our middle overs very well. However, today Sunil Narayan faced some problems in bowling. Usually Sunil and Varun perform well in the middle overs, but today it was a bit difficult for the bowlers.”
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