Kolkata, 9 April. In the current season of Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19), the excitement of the match continued till the last ball for the second consecutive day. 24 hours ago, Gujarat Titans (GT) team could not score two runs on the last ball against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the national capital, while on Thursday night, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) achieved a thrilling three-wicket victory against the host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by scoring the required one run on the last ball.

Jhunjhunu’s debutant batsman Mukul Chaudhary snatched the victory from the hosts.

In fact, 21-year-old rising batsman Mukul Chaudhary (54 not out, 27 balls, seven sixes, two fours) from Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), playing only his third match in the IPL, snatched the match from KKR. Mukul not only scored his first half-century in three matches by hitting sixes at the time of need but also turned the tide of the match in the last four overs.

Home team reached 181 runs with quick partnerships of Rahane-Agnikrish and Green-Powell.

KKR, forced to bat first at Eden Gardens, made a partnership of 84 runs on 52 balls for the second wicket between Agnikrish Raghuvanshi (45 runs, 33 balls, two sixes, five fours) and captain Ajinkya Rahane (41 runs, 24 balls, two sixes, four fours), who started the innings. Then, with the unbroken partnership of 70 runs on 40 balls between Cameron Green (32 not out, 24 balls, one six, three fours) and Rovman Powell (39 not out, 24 balls, two sixes, four fours), the home team made a challenging score of 181 runs for four wickets.

After Badoni’s fifty, Mukul gave success to Lucknow.

In retaliation, despite the half-century of Ayush Badoni (54 runs, 34 balls, two sixes, seven fours), after seven wickets fell at 128 in 16 overs, ‘Player of the Match’ Mukul Choudhary became the trouble-shooter of the struggling Lucknow team, who single-handedly took the team to the finish line.

Mukul scored 54 runs in 24 balls in the presence of Avesh.

LSG needed 54 runs to win in the last four overs and Mukul made an unbroken 54-run partnership with Avesh Khan (1 run not out) at the front end. In this sequence, Chaudhary and Avesh, who scored half-centuries in just 25 balls, scored 11, 13, 16 and 14 runs respectively in the last four overs with the help of seven sixes and two fours. Avesh’s contribution in these was only one run.

Lucknow’s first win, Kolkata still waiting for its first win

With this result, Lucknow registered its second win in three matches. After losing to Delhi Capitals at home (Lucknow), Rishabh Pant’s team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad. Whereas Kolkata is still waiting for its first win after four matches. After losing to Mumbai Indians in their first match played in Mumbai, KKR also had to lose to SRH at home while the proposed match against Punjab Kings was washed out due to rain.

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If we look at Lucknow’s innings, Mitchell Marsh (15 runs, 11 balls, one six, one four) and Aiden Markram (22 runs, 15 balls, one six, two fours) gave a good start to the team by adding 41 runs in 25 balls. Although Vaibhav Arora (2-38) returned both in the fifth over, captain Rishabh Pant (10 runs, nine balls, one four) and Nicholas Pooran (13 runs, 15 balls, one six) could not go far. At present, first Badoni took the responsibility and then Mukul became the hero of Lucknow’s thrilling victory. Apart from Arora, Anukul Roy also took two wickets.

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