LSG vs KKR 1st Inning: Lucknow Super Giants have set a target of 177 runs to win against Kolkata Knight Riders. Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 176 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran scored the most runs for Lucknow Super Giants. Nicholas Pooran played an inning of 58 runs in 30 balls. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. However, apart from Nicholas Pooran, the rest of the Lucknow Super Giants batsmen failed to score big.
Lucknow Super Giants top order disappoint
The condition of Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers like this
Talking about the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders, apart from Vaibhav Arora, Shardul Thakur and Sunil Narine took 2-2 wickets. While Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty got 1-1 success. However, Kolkata Knight Riders have a target of 177 runs to win. At the moment, if we look at the points table, then Lucknow Super Giants remains at number three. Lucknow Super Giants have 15 points from 13 matches. If the team of Lucknow Super Giants manages to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders, then it will become the third team to reach the playoffs. On the other hand, if Nitish Rana’s team manages to win against Lucknow Super Giants, then it will remain in the playoff race, but will have to depend on the results of other teams. Well, now it will be interesting to see whether Nitish Rana’s team can beat Lucknow Super Giants at their home ground or not?
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