"He'll be donning the Blue jersey soon" - KL Rahul

Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants have competed with each other in the 66th match of this season. KL Rahul, the skipper of LSG won the toss and opted to bat. Both the batters got off to a flying start and added 44 runs in the powerplay overs.

After that, both KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock decided to accelerate the run rate and started taking on the opposition bowlers all around the park.

Quinton de Kock switched the gear and went high against KKR bowlers, scoring 140 off just 70 balls and remaining unbeaten on the crease. KL Rahul has played exceptionally well and he also remained unbeaten on 68 runs for his team.

In the end, Lucknow Super Giants posted a huge total of 210 runs on the board. With a huge target on the board, Kolkata Knight Riders opened the innings with Venkatesh Iyer and Abhijeet Tomar.

Summary of the match between KKR vs LSG:

KKR openers haven't been much effective with the bat. However, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer and Sam Billings fought hard in the middle and steadied the drowning ship from the defeat.

Rinku Singh and Sunil Narine took charge in the lower order and scored 40 and 21 runs respectively. But eventually, KKR lost the match by just 3 runs as they lost back to back in the last two balls bowled by Marcus Stoinis.

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With this win, Lucknow Super Giants have been officially qualified for the playoffs. In the post-match presentation, KL Rahul shared a lot about the game and also made a bold statement about Mohsin Khan, saying, "Mohsin has been outstanding for us in the last few games.

He's got the skills but the key thing has been his knowledge of when to use those skills. He'll be donning the Blue jersey soon the way he is going."