IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders move to the top spot after comfortable win over Lucknow Super Giants
With the win, the Knight Riders move to the top of the table, level on 16 points with the Rajasthan Royals, who have a game in hand.
The Kolkata Knight Riders moved to the top of the Indian Premier League standings after putting up a comprehensive 98-run win over the Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.
The visitors were put in to bat after Lucknow captain KL Rahul won the toss, and became the first team to score more than 200 runs at the venue this season, scoring 235/6 after 20 overs.
The Knight Riders’ bowlers – along with an impressive fielding performance – put the pressure on the hosts in the chase. Eventually, the hosts would be bowled out for 137 after 16.1 overs.
Central to the Knight Riders’ batting performance was their in-form opener Sunil Narine, who top scored with a commanding 81 off 39. There were also helpful innings from Phil Salt (32 off 14), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (32 off 26), Shreyas Iyer’s 23 off 15, and Ramandeep Singh’s blistering and unbeaten 25 off just six deliveries.
The Lucknow chase never quite got going, save for the short cameos by Marcus Stoinis (36 off 21) and Rahul (25 off 21). The Kolkata bowlers made work difficult for the hosts, with Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy picking up three wickets each while Andre Russell took two important wickets.
With the win, the...
