IPL 2023 Highlights: CSK, LSG qualify; Rinku Singh plays a blinder again

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights: Rinku Singh declined a double in the last over and it came down to it as Kolkata lost by 1 run. LSG qualified for playoffs. Earlier CSK beat DC to enter playoffs

11:41 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Rinku the villain of his own story

 

Rinku Singh denied a double on the third ball of the final over. It is irrelevant now to say that maybe he would have not hit a six or a four like the way he did. But the main thing is the chase demands doubles to be taken if the right batter is at the crease after those two runs. It reduces the target and keeps the main man on strike. But Rinku declined that and in the end, it went on to be the most crucial part of the innings. 

 

However, that should not take away the fact that Rinku played brilliant innings, scoring 66 off 33 balls with six fours and four sixes to his name. Even after hitting 19 runs in the last over, they lost by one run.

 

11:25 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Weird play from Rinku

 

Rinku could have easily taken two runs and made it 17 off three, with wide of the next ball, it would have been 16 off 3. But now it is 18 off 3 and it is very weird from Rinku Singh

 

11:21 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Rinku makes a mistake after playing well

 

After 20 runs in the first five balls of the over, Rinku Singh should have been smart to take a single anyhow. But he played a dot ball and is now off strike as well. He should have taken the single

 

11:13 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Sunil Narine puts zero effort, gets run out

 

Sunil Narine didn’t even dive as he was trying to complete two runs and get back on strike. Kolkata now need 41 runs in 12 balls to win with Rinku at strike

 

11:10 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Yash Thakur gets Shardul Thakur, Kolkata 134/6

 

Now is the time when Chandrakant Pandit would be regretting his decision of playing Suyash Sharma as an impact player. Just one over and he went for 12 runs. If David Wiese were used as an impact player, chances would have been there as they need 43 in 14 balls to win. 

 

11:08 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Just five from the Naveen over, Kolkata need 51 in 18

10:59 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Brilliant from Bishnoi

 

After being hit for a six, Bishnoi did amazingly well to concede only seven runs in the over and put great pressure on the Kolkata side. The Knight Riders now need 56 in 24 balls. 

 

10:54 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Russell clean bowled, Kolkata in trouble

10:49 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Just six from the Naveen over

 

Naveen ul-Haq has bowled a brilliant over in the 15th, conceding only six when the opposition team needed more than 11 runs per over

 

10:42 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Yash Thakur gets Gurbaz, Kolkata four down

10:40 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Brilliant from Badoni, saves two

 

It was pulled well by Rahmanullah Gurbaz off the bowling of Yash Thakur over the fine leg. However, Ayush Badoni ran well from short fine leg and stopped the ball from clearing the ropes and saved two. 

 

10:38 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: 100 up for the Knight Riders

10:33 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Big trouble for the Knight Riders

 

The Kolkata Knight Riders, who were going brilliantly at 61/1 at the end of their powerplay, have been able to score only 33 runs in the next six overs and have lost two wickets as well. In the next eight overs, they need to score 83 runs to win this match. 

 

10:27 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Krunal gets Roy, Kolkata suddenly in trouble

10:23 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Rana disappoints, Bishnoi gets him for 8

10:22 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Nitish Rana getting in the groove

10:17 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Gowtham gets the wicket, Venky out

10:17 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Lucknow in need of a wicket

10:15 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: 50 up for Kolkata in the fifth over

10:14 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Krunal Pandya comes to bowl in the third over

10:13 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Jason Roy gets going in the second over

9:41 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: 15 from the first over as Venkatesh Iyer punishes Mohsin

9:30 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Kolkata need 177 to win and keep their playoff hopes alive

9:21 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Gowtham hits a four and six, Lucknow finish at 176/8

 

Six!! Krishnappa Gowtham has hit the short ball from Andre Russell for a huge six. Russell was bowling full and getting away for the first two balls, but as soon as he went short, he was hit for a six. 

 

Four!! Full after short and Gowtham was ready for it deep in his crease. Taking it on the full, he hit it for a four past the short covers to end the Lucknow Super Giants innings at 176/8. Russell conceded 13 runs in his over. 

 

9:15 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Two wickets in the over from Thakur, Lucknow 163/8 in 19

9:13 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Pooran out after fifty

 

Nicholas Pooran has been removed right after his fifty as he tried to hit the third six in a row but was caught at third-man by Venkatesh Iyer

 

9:10 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Back-to-back sixes from Pooran, gets to his fifty

9:08 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Narine finishes his spell at 2/28 in 4

9:07 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: Poor fielding from Venkatesh

 

Venkatesh Iyer did not seem to be in the game too well as he almost gave up the chase of the ball which crossed the boundary ropes for a four. Just after that Badoni hit a six off Sunil Narine

 

9:04 PM

KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2023: 11 runs from the nine-ball over of Vaibhav Arora

 

Vaibhav Arora was good while executing yorkers, but betrayed his skipper by bowling a nine-ball over, thanks to his three wides. As a result, even with just one boundary and one dot ball in the over, he ended up conceding 11 runs.