Mukul Choudhary: Lucknow Super Giants won the 15th match of IPL 2026 from Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets. 21-year-old Lucknow Super Giants batsman Mukul Chaudhary created a stir at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata and made his team win the lost match. After this inning of his, the whole world has become crazy about his skill. She is excited to know about his story too.

Mukul Chaudhary played a explosive innings

This right-handed batsman created a stir and led the team to victory against KKR by playing an unbeaten inning of 54 runs with 4 fours and 7 sixes in 27 balls. In this match, he received the Player of the Match award for his excellent innings, after which he made a big statement. Let us know about what he said.

Mukul Chaudhary said a big thing about his father

After this match, Mukul Chaudhary, while receiving the Player of the Match award, said, ‘My journey started when my father was not even married, he had a dream that his son should play cricket’. I started from age group level but there were no good academies in Sikkim. I played matches in Delhi and Gurgaon and it helped me.

He further said, ‘When I was playing against UP against U19, it was a low scoring game and I contributed, so they knew then that I would become big. This was only my second match. God has given me this opportunity, there may be pressure but this is also an opportunity to make a name for myself.

Mukul Chaudhary further said, ‘My aim was to bat till the end and see what happens. I also liked the first six, I had not hit a single six in two matches, so the first one was special. I had in my mind that one of the four balls would go into the slot and I was just waiting for it. Since childhood, I liked hitting sixes, not playing on the ground.

Who is Mukul Choudhary?

Mukul Choudhary is a 21 year old young batsman of Lucknow Super Giants. His full name is Mukul Dalip Chaudhary. Mukul is a resident of Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was born on 6 August 2004. He is an Indian cricketer, who is known as a wicketkeeper-batsman. He plays for Rajasthan in Ghelu cricket. In the IPL 2026 auction, Mukul Chaudhary was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 2.60 crore (Rs 2 crore 60 lakh). His base price in the auction was ₹ 30 lakh.

Mukul Chaudhary has scored 103 runs in 4 innings of 6 matches in first class cricket. During this period, 45 runs has been his best. Apart from this, he has scored 71 runs in five List A matches. 33 has been his highest score. He has 210 runs in his name in 7 T20 matches with 7 half-centuries. Now he has also scored 70 runs in 3 matches in the history of IPL. He has a half-century registered in his name. 4 fours and 7 sixes also came from his bat.

status of this match

In this match, KKR, batting first, scored 181 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Lucknow achieved the target of 182 runs by losing 6 wickets on the last ball of the innings and won the match by 3 wickets.

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